Aulacofusus
Aulacofusus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neptuneinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
General characteristics
Another group of species within Colus, typified by Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve has a special aspect due to the short siphonal canal and the prominence of the spiral ribs separated by chaneled interspaces. It may be called ''Aulacofusus''Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Aulacofusus :- † Aulacofusus asagaiensis Aulacofusus brevicauda Aulacofusus calamaeus Aulacofusus calathus Aulacofusus canaliculatus J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023Aulacofusus coerulescens Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961Aulacofusus esychus Aulacofusus gulbini Kosyan & Kantor, 2013Aulacofusus herendeeni Aulacofusus hiranoi Aulacofusus ombronius Aulacofusus periscelidus Aulacofusus tanagaensis J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023
;Species brought into synonymy:Aulacofusus capponius : synonym of Colus pulcius Aulacofusus georgianus Dall, 1921: synonym of Latisipho georgianus Aulacofusus halidonus Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halidonus Aulacofusus halimeris Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus halimeris Aulacofusus insulapratasensis Okutani & Lan, 1994: synonym of Phaenomenella insulapratasensis Aulacofusus kurilensis Golikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda Aulacofusus morditus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho morditus Aulacofusus nobilis : synonym of Aulacofusus herendeeni Aulacofusus pulcius Dall, 1919: synonym of Colus pulcius Aulacofusus sapius : synonym of Fusipagoda sapia Aulacofusus schantaricus : synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda Aulacofusus severinus Dall, 1919: synonym of Latisipho severinus Aulacofusus spitzbergensis : synonym of Aulacofusus brevicauda Aulacofusus timetus Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Latisipho timetus''