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Fusinus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fusinus
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Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.[2]

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Fossil shell of Fusinus longiroster from Pliocene of Italy
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Fusinus sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus.
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Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 94.3 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata all over the world.[4]

Species

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Species in the genus Fusinus include:[5][6]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fusinus[2]

Species brought into synonymy
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