Fusus
Fusus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.
Fusus as a name for a genus of gastropods has confusingly been used three times. These names are, in whatever taxonomical sense, now invalid. This page is kept for historical reasons.
The name of the genus Fusus Bruguière, 1789 is invalid as it is a junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779.. The accepted name is Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
The genus Fusus Helbling, 1779, has also been placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1765, i.e. it cannot be used as a valid name. The type species of Fusus Helbling is Murex intertextus Helbling, 1779, and it belongs in the family Colubrariidae.
Fusus Helbling, 1779 has been suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817 are conserved. ICZN 1993. Opinion 1765. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51: 159-161
The genus Fusus Röding, 1798 is a junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779. It has also been placed on the Official Index of the ICZN by Opinion 1765 and is an invalid name.
Species
The following species with specific epithets of species now placed in Colubrariidae, have been placed arbitrarily in the genus Fusus Helbling, 1779 Fusus adjunctus : synonym of Cumia adjuncta Fusus alfredensis : synonym of Cumia alfredensis Fusus bednalli : synonym of Cumia bednalli Fusus brazieri : synonym of Cumia brazieri Fusus lucasi Bozzetti, 2007: synonym of Cumia lucasi Fusus mestayerae Iredale, 1915: synonym of Cumia mestayerae Fusus schoutanicus : synonym of Cumia schoutanica Fusus simonis Bozzetti, 2004: synonym of Cumia simonisSpecies within the genus Fusus Bruguière, 1789 include arbitrarily all the species that haven't been designated to Fusus Helbling, 1779:. Most species have been synonymized with a species in Fusinus.Fusus aurantius Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus blainvillii Mavarigna, 1840: nomen dubiumFusus blakensis Hadorn & Roger, 2000: synonym of Fusinus blakensis Hadorn & Roger, 2000Fusus branscombi Clark W., 1849: synonym of Comarmondia gracilis Fusus brevis Brown, 1827: nomen dubiumFusus chonoticus Philippi, 1858: nomen dubiumFusus clavatus della Chiaje, 1830: nomen dubiumFusus colus : synonym of Fusinus colus Fusus contabulatus Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus crassus Pallary, 1901: synonym of Fusinus cretellai Buzzurro & Russo, 2008Fusus crebricostatus Lamarck, 1822: nomen dubiumFusus cygneus Philippi, 1852: nomen dubiumFusus dalli Watson, 1882: synonym of Granulifusus dalli Fusus dexter Menke, 1829: nomen dubiumFusus doliatus Valenciennes, 1832: nomen dubiumFusus dunkeri Jonas, 1846: synonym of Microcolus dunkeri Fusus elegantissimus Bioni Giunti, 1860: nomen dubiumFusus filosa : synonym of Polygona filosaFusus follicus Lesson, 1842 :: nomen dubiumFusus frondosus Lesson, 1842: nomen dubiumFusus fusconodosus G.B. Sowerby II, 1880: nomen dubiumFusus gieseckii Anton, 1839: nomen dubiumFusus gilvus Philippi, 1849: nomen dubiumFusus glacialis Gray, 1839: nomen dubiumFusus glomeratus Mörch, 1852: nomen dubiumFusus gracilis Koch, 1845: nomen dubiumFusus granulosus Anton, 1839: nomen dubiumFusus guttatus Busch, 1844: nomen dubiumFusus harfordii Stearns, 1871: synonym of Fusinus harfordii Fusus heterostrophus de Gregorio, 1885: nomen dubiumFusus imbricatus Lesson, 1842 : synonym of Lataxiena desserti Houart, 1995Fusus incertus Smith, 1906: nomen dubiumFusus indicus Anton, 1838: synonym of Marmorofusus tuberculatus Fusus junior Audouin, 1826: nomen dubiumFusus juvenis Bivona, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus lanceolatus Koch, 1846: nomen dubiumFusus lateroides : synonym of Fusinus rostratus Fusus libratus Watson, 1886: synonym of Granulifusus dalli Fusus lineatus Menke, 1829: nomen dubiumFusus liratus Philippi, 1887: synonym of Xymenopsis muriciformis Fusus lusitanicus Allen, 1858: nomen dubiumFusus luteopictus Dall, 1887: synonym of Fusinus luteopictusFusus maroccensis : synonym of Fusinus maroccensis Fusus monachus Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus muricinus Anton, 1839: nomen dubiumFusus nigrinus Philippi, 1858: nomen dubiumFusus niponicus Smith, 1879: synonym of Granulifusus niponicus Fusus niveus Gray, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus nobilis Reeve, 1847: synonym of Fusinus nobilis Fusus nodicinctus A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Otopleura nodicincta Fusus obscurus Philippi, 1844: nomen dubiumFusus pazi Crosse, 1859: nomen dubiumFusus perminutus : synonym of Americominella perminutaFusus philippi Jonas, 1846: nomen dubiumFusus pictus : nomen dubiumFusus pleurotomoides Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus plicosus : nomen dubiumFusus productus Mörch, 1876: nomen dubiumFusus prolongata Turton, 1932: nomen dubiumFusus punctatus Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus pyruloides Lesson, 1842: nomen dubiumFusus retroversus Fleming, 1823: synonym of Limacina retroversa Fusus roedingi Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus rolani Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005: synonym of Fusinus rolani Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005Fusus roseus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848: synonym of Pareuthria powelli Cernohorsky, 1977Fusus rubens Lamarck, 1822: nomen dubiumFusus rugosus Lamarck, 1816: nomen dubiumFusus sinuatus Lesson, 1842: nomen dubiumFusus steneus Nardo, 1847: nomen dubiumFusus sulcatus Lamarck: synonym of Penion sulcatus Fusus syracusanus : synonym of Fusinus syracusanus Fusus thielei Schepman, 1911: synonym of Fusinus thielei Fusus toreuma : synonym of Fusinus colus Fusus triskaedekagonus Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Fusinus colus Fusus varicosus Anton, 1838: nomen dubiumFusus ventricosus Lesson, 1842: nomen dubiumFusus verrucosus : synonym of Fusinus verrucosus Fusus virga Gray, 1839: nomen dubiumFusus zebrinus Odhner, 1923: synonym of ''Fusinus zebrinus''