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Fusus Bruguière, 1789 
AphiaID: 446048

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Fasciolariidae (Family) > Fusininae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779. See Nomenclatural note below.)
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Accepted name  Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Fusininae Wrigley, 1927
Source  status source: Snyder, M.A. (2003) Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publication, 21, iii + 1–431., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=9Ycn67QUAJIC [details]

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Species Fusus angulatus Gray, 1839 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus aurantius Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus blainvillii Mavarigna, 1840 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus brevis Brown, 1827 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus chonoticus Philippi, 1858 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus clavatus della Chiaje, 1830 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus contabulatus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus crebricostatus Lamarck, 1822 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus cygneus Philippi, 1852 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus dexter Menke, 1829 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus doliatus Valenciennes, 1832 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus elegantissimus Biondi Giunti, 1860 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus follicus Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus frondosus Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus fusconodosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus gieseckii Anton, 1839 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus gilvus Philippi, 1849 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus glacialis Gray, 1839 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus glomeratus Mörch, 1852 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus granulosus Anton, 1839 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus guttatus Busch, 1844 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus heterestrophus de Gregorio, 1885 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus imbricatus Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus incertus E. A. Smith, 1906 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus junior Pallary, 1926 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus juvenis Bivona, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus lanceolatus Koch, 1846 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus lineatus Menke, 1829 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus lusitanicus Allen, 1858 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus monachus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus muricinus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus nigrinus Philippi, 1858 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus niveus Gray, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus obscurus Philippi, 1844 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus pazi Crosse, 1859 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus philippii Jonas, 1846 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus pictus (Turton, 1825) (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus pleurotomoides Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus plicosus (Menke, 1830) (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus productus Mörch, 1876 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus prolongatus Turton, 1932 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus punctatus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus pyruloides Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus roedingi Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus rubens Lamarck, 1822 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus rugosus Lamarck, 1816 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus sinuatus Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus solidulus A. Adams, 1864 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus steneus Nardo, 1847 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus triskaedekagonus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus varicosus Anton, 1838 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus ventricosus Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus ventricosus Menke, 1843 (nomen dubium)
Species Fusus virga Gray, 1839 (nomen dubium)

Species Fusus abnormis E. A. Smith, 1878 accepted as Coralliophila abnormis (E. A. Smith, 1878)
Species Fusus abyssorum P. Fischer, 1883 accepted as Mohnia abyssorum (P. Fischer, 1883)
Species Fusus acrisius Nardo, 1847 accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus aculeiformis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Perrona aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus acus Adams & Reeve, 1848 accepted as Dolicholatirus acus (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus adamsii Kobelt, 1876 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus aepynotus Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus aepynotus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus africanae Barnard, 1959 accepted as Fusinus africanae (Barnard, 1959)
Species Fusus albidus Philippi, 1846 accepted as Xymenopsis buccineus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus albinus Adams, 1856 accepted as Fusinus albinus (Adams, 1856)
Species Fusus albocinctus Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 accepted as Pusionella albocincta (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Species Fusus albus (Philippi, 1852) accepted as Fusinus spectrum var. albus (Philippi, 1852) accepted as Fusinus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus alcimus Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus alcimus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus ambiguus Philippi, 1844 accepted as Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844) accepted as Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus amblyterus Watson, 1886 accepted as Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846)
Species Fusus ambustus Gould, 1853 accepted as Fusinus ambustus (Gould, 1853)
Species Fusus amiantus Dall, 1889 accepted as Amiantofusus amiantus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus amphiurgus Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus amphiurgus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus angulatus Röding, 1798 accepted as Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798)
Species Fusus arabicus Melvill, 1898 accepted as Fusinus arabicus (Melvill, 1898)
Species Fusus arcticus Philippi, 1850 accepted as Plicifusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842)
Species Fusus arnoldi Cossman, 1903 accepted as Fusus barbarensis var. arnoldi Cossman, 1903 accepted as Fusinus barbarensis (Trask, 1855)
Species Fusus articulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusinus articulatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus asperrimus Leach in Brown, 1827 accepted as Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Fusus assimilis Adams, 1856 accepted as Fusinus assimilis (Adams, 1856)
Species Fusus australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Fusinus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Fusus babelis Requien, 1848 accepted as Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)
Species Fusus barbarensis Trask, 1855 accepted as Fusinus barbarensis (Trask, 1855)
Species Fusus barclayi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 accepted as Fusinus barclayi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
Species Fusus barvicensis Johnston, 1825 accepted as Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Fusus beckii Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus beckii (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus bellus C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Bailya anomala (Hinds, 1844)
Species Fusus benthalis Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus benthalis (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus berniciensis King, 1846 accepted as Troschelia berniciensis (King, 1846)
Species Fusus biangulatus Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834 accepted as Fusinus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus bifrons Sturany, 1900 accepted as Fusinus bifrons (Sturany, 1900)
Species Fusus blosvillei Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fusus bocagei P. Fischer, 1882 accepted as Fusinus bocagei (P. Fischer, 1882)
Species Fusus boettgeri von Maltzan, 1884 accepted as Fusinus boettgeri (Maltzan, 1884)
Species Fusus bonaespei Barnard, 1959 accepted as Fusinus bonaespei (Barnard, 1959)
Species Fusus boothii J. Smith, 1839 accepted as Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
Species Fusus branscombi Clark W., 1849 accepted as Comarmondia gracilis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Fusus braziliensis Grabau, 1904 accepted as Fusinus braziliensis (Grabau, 1904)
Species Fusus brenchleyi Baird, 1873 accepted as Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
Species Fusus brevicauda Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fusus brevicaudatus Schepman, 1911 accepted as Manaria brevicaudata (Schepman, 1911)
Species Fusus bruijnii Tapparone-Canefri, 1876 accepted as Fusolatirus bruijnii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1876)
Species Fusus buccinatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Pusionella buccinata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus buccineus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Xymenopsis buccineus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus buxeus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus canaliculatus Gray, 1839 accepted as Stramonita canaliculata (Gray, 1839)
Species Fusus cancellatus Bivona, 1838 accepted as Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Fusus cancellatus Mighels & Adams, 1842 accepted as Propebela cancellatus (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
Species Fusus cancellinus Philippi, 1845 accepted as Xymenopsis subnodosus (Gray, 1839)
Species Fusus candelabrum Reeve, 1848 accepted as Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus candidus Philippi, 1848 accepted as Pusionella valida (Dunker, 1852)
Species Fusus caparti Adam & Knudsen, 1955 accepted as Fusinus caparti Adam & Knudsen, 1950
Species Fusus capensis Dunker in Philippi, 1844 accepted as Afrocominella capensis capensis (Dunker in Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus captivus E. A. Smith, 1889 accepted as Granulifusus captivus (E. A. Smith, 1889)
Species Fusus carinifer Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hemipolygona carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus castaneus Mörch, 1857 accepted as Volutopsius castaneus (Mörch, 1857)
Species Fusus caudatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Fusus centrifugus Dall, 1915 accepted as Hemipolygona centrifuga (Dall, 1915)
Species Fusus ceramidus Dall, 1889 accepted as Lamellilatirus ceramidus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus cereus E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Orania pholidota (Watson, 1883)
Species Fusus chrysodomoides Schepman, 1911 accepted as Chryseofusus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911)
Species Fusus cinereus Say, 1822 accepted as Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)
Species Fusus cingulatus E. A. Smith, 1904 accepted as Urosalpinx sperata (Cossmann, 1921)
Species Fusus cinnamomeus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus clausicaudatus Hinds, 1844 accepted as Crassibougia clausicaudata (Hinds, 1844)
Species Fusus colosseus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus concinnus Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Mohnia mohni (Friele, 1877)
Species Fusus constrictus Koch, 1845 accepted as Latirus constrictus (Koch, 1845)
Species Fusus coreanicus E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Fusolatirus coreanicus (E. A. Smith, 1879)
Species Fusus corrugatus Reeve, 1845 accepted as Xymenopsis corrugata (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus corticatus Hutton, 1873 accepted as Xymene traversi (Hutton, 1873) accepted as Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)
Species Fusus costularis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Coralliophila costularis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus costulatus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus couei Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 accepted as Fusinus couei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
Species Fusus crassus Pallary, 1901 accepted as Fusinus cretellai Buzzurro & Russo, 2008
Species Fusus crebriliratus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Fusus crenulatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus cretaceus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Xymene ambiguus (Philippi, 1844) accepted as Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus crispus Gould, 1849 accepted as Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
Species Fusus cutaceus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Linatella caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus dalli Watson, 1882 accepted as Granulifusus dalli (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus decolor Philippi, 1845 accepted as Xymenopsis muriciformis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Fusus delicatus Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Colus holboelli (Møller, 1842)
Species Fusus diadema G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Columbarium pagoda (Lesson, 1831)
Species Fusus dilatatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Penion dilatatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus dilectus Adams, 1856 accepted as Fusinus dilectus (Adams, 1856)
Species Fusus dodecanesinus Bevilacqua, 1928 accepted as Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)
Species Fusus dunkeri Jonas, 1846 accepted as Microcolus dunkeri (Jonas, 1846)
Species Fusus duodecimus Gray, 1843 accepted as Xymene erectus (Suter, 1909)
Species Fusus dupetitthouarsi Kiener, 1840 accepted as Fusinus dupetitthouarsi (Kiener, 1840)
Species Fusus ebur Mörch, 1869 accepted as Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Species Fusus echinatus Kiener, 1840 accepted as Pagodula echinata (Kiener, 1840)
Species Fusus elegans Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus elegans Gray, 1838 accepted as Fusinus filosus (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Species Fusus excavatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus fasciculatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854 accepted as Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
Species Fusus faurei Barnard, 1959 accepted as Granulifusus faurei (Barnard, 1959)
Species Fusus fenestratus Turton, 1834 accepted as Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
Species Fusus ficula Reeve, 1848 accepted as Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus fidicula Gould, 1849 accepted as Propebela fidicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Fusus filamentosus Röding, 1798 accepted as Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
Species Fusus filosus (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Fusinus filosus (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Species Fusus fimbriatus Hupé in Gay, 1854 accepted as Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
Species Fusus fragosus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792)
Species Fusus glaber Risso, 1826 accepted as Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus graciliformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Chryseofusus graciliformis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus gracilis Koch in Philippi, 1845 accepted as Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860)
Species Fusus gracillimus Adams & Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus gracillimus (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus granatus Koch, 1845 accepted as Latirus granatus (Koch, 1845)
Species Fusus gyrinus Brown, 1827 accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata aciculata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus halistreptus Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus halistreptus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus harfordii Stearns, 1871 accepted as Fusinus harfordii (Stearns, 1871)
Species Fusus harpularius Couthouy, 1838 accepted as Oenopota harpularius (Couthouy, 1838)
Species Fusus hartvigii Shuttleworth, 1856 accepted as Fusinus hartvigii (Shuttleworth, 1856)
Species Fusus helleri Brusina, 1865 accepted as Ocinebrina helleri (Brusina, 1865)
Species Fusus heptagonalis Reeve, 1847 accepted as Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fusus hirsutus Jeffreys, 1883 accepted as Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Species Fusus holboelli Møller, 1842 accepted as Colus holboelli (Møller, 1842)
Species Fusus holböllii Moeller, 1842 accepted as Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1840)
Species Fusus howsei J. T. Marshall, 1902 accepted as Colus howsei (J. T. Marshall, 1902)
Species Fusus imbricatus E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Lataxiena desserti Houart, 1995
Species Fusus inconstans Lischke, 1868 accepted as Fusinus perplexus (A. Adams, 1864)
Species Fusus indicus Anton, 1838 accepted as Fusinus indicus (Anton, 1838)
Species Fusus inferus Hutton, 1878 accepted as Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
Species Fusus inflatus Dunker, 1847 accepted as Coralliophila inflata (Dunker, 1847)
Species Fusus intermedius Hupé in Gay, 1854 accepted as Trophon geversianus (Pallas, 1774)
Species Fusus irregularis (Grabau, 1904) accepted as Fusinus irregularis (Grabau, 1904)
Species Fusus japonicus Gray, 1839 accepted as Columbarium pagoda (Lesson, 1831)
Species Fusus kelletii Forbes, 1850 accepted as Kelletia kelletii (Forbes, 1850)
Species Fusus kobelti Dall, 1877 accepted as Fusinus kobelti (Dall, 1877)
Species Fusus kroeyeri Møller, 1842 accepted as Plicifusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842)
Species Fusus lachesis Mörch, 1869 accepted as Turrisipho lachesis (Mörch, 1869)
Species Fusus lacteus Dunker, 1882 accepted as Fusinus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1880)
Species Fusus laetus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusinus laetus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus lamellosus Gray, 1839 accepted as Boreotrophon cepula (Sowerby, 1880)
Species Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 accepted as Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Species Fusus largillierti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 accepted as Volutopsius norwegicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus lateroides (Monterosato, 1891) accepted as Fusinus rostratus (Olivi, 1792)
Species Fusus laticostatus Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Fusinus laticostatus (Deshayes, 1830)
Species Fusus lavatus Philippi, 1836 accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata aciculata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus leptorhynchus Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 accepted as Fusinus leptorhynchus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Species Fusus libratus Watson, 1886 accepted as Granulifusus dalli (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus lineolatus Dunker in Philippi, 1844 accepted as Burnupena catarrhacta (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus liratus Gould, 1849 accepted as Xymenopsis muriciformis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Fusus liratus Philippi, 1887 † accepted as Fusus liratus Gould, 1849 accepted as Xymenopsis muriciformis (King & Broderip, 1832)
Species Fusus listeri Jonas, 1846 accepted as Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
Species Fusus lividus Mörch, 1862 accepted as Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fusus loebbeckei Kobelt, 1880 accepted as Fusinus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1880)
Species Fusus longicauda Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus longurio Weinkauff, 1866 accepted as Trophonopsis muricata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Fusus lupinus Philippi, 1850 accepted as Pusionella lupinus (Philippi, 1850)
Species Fusus luteopictus Dall, 1877 accepted as Fusinus luteopictus (Dall, 1877)
Species Fusus marmoratus Philippi, 1846 accepted as Fusinus marmoratus (Philippi, 1846) accepted as Fusinus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Fusinus maroccensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus mexicanus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)
Species Fusus meyeri Dunker, 1869 accepted as Fusinus meyeri (Dunker, 1869)
Species Fusus milleti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 accepted as Clavatula milleti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Species Fusus minutisquamosus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Latirus minutisquamosus (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus modestus Philippi, 1844 accepted as Latirus modestus (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus modestus Gould, 1860 accepted as Lirabuccinum fuscolabiatum (E. A. Smith, 1875)
Species Fusus mohni Friele, 1877 accepted as Mohnia mohni (Friele, 1877)
Species Fusus mollis G. B. Sowerby III, 1913 accepted as Latirus mollis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
Species Fusus multicarinatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Fusinus multicarinatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus muricoides C. B. Adams, 1845 accepted as Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
Species Fusus neritoideus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836)
Species Fusus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) accepted as Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
Species Fusus nigrirostratus E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Fusinus nigrirostratus (E. A. Smith, 1879)
Species Fusus niponicus E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Granulifusus niponicus (E. A. Smith, 1879)
Species Fusus nobilis Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus nobilis (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus nodicinctus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Otopleura nodicincta (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Fusus nodosoplicatus Dunker, 1867 accepted as Fusinus nodosoplicatus (Dunker, 1867)
Species Fusus novaehollandiae Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus oblitus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus oblitus (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus ocellifer Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus ocelliferus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus olivaceus Aurivillius, 1885 accepted as Plicifusus olivaceus (Aurivillius, 1885)
Species Fusus orpheus Gould, 1849 accepted as Trophonopsis orpheus (Gould, 1849)
Species Fusus pachyraphe Smith, 1879 accepted as Orania birileffi (Lischke, 1871)
Species Fusus pagoda Lesson, 1831 accepted as Columbarium pagoda pagoda (Lesson, 1831)
Species Fusus pagodoides Watson, 1882 accepted as Columbarium pagodoides (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus pensum Hutton, 1873 accepted as Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Fusus perminutus (Dall, 1927) accepted as Americominella perminuta (Dall, 1927)
Species Fusus perplexus A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Fusinus perplexus (A. Adams, 1864)
Species Fusus perrugata Conrad, 1846 accepted as Urosalpinx perrugata (Conrad, 1846)
Species Fusus perversus Kiener, 1840 accepted as Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Species Fusus pfaffi Mörch, 1876 accepted as Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Species Fusus pfeifferi Philippi, 1846 accepted as Pseudolatirus pfeifferi (Philippi, 1846)
Species Fusus philippinarum Watson, 1882 accepted as Marshallena philippinarum (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus plebeius Hutton, 1873 accepted as Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
Species Fusus pleurotomarius Couthouy, 1838 accepted as Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788)
Species Fusus plumbeus Philippi, 1844 accepted as Pareuthria plumbea (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus polygonoides Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Fusinus polygonoides (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus pricei E. A. Smith, 1887 accepted as Saginafusus pricei (E. A. Smith, 1887)
Species Fusus prolongata Turton, 1932 accepted as Rissopsis prolongata (Turton, 1932)
Species Fusus pyrrhostoma Watson, 1882 accepted as Fusivoluta pyrrhostoma (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus pyrulaceus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus pyrulatus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus pyrulatus (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus radialis Watson, 1882 accepted as Coluzea radialis (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus reeveanus (Philippi, 1850) accepted as Fusinus spectrum var. reeveanus (Philippi, 1850) accepted as Fusinus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus reeveanus Petit de la Saussaye, 1846 accepted as Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Species Fusus retiarus Martens, 1901 accepted as Fusinus retiarius (Martens, 1901)
Species Fusus retroversus Fleming, 1823 accepted as Limacina retroversa (Fleming, 1823)
Species Fusus robustior G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusus ocellifer Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus robustus Trask, 1855 accepted as Fusinus robustus (Trask, 1855)
Species Fusus roperi Dall, 1898 accepted as Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Fusus rosaponti Lesson, 1842 accepted as Latirus rosaponti (Lesson, 1842)
Species Fusus roseus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852 accepted as Pareuthria powelli Cernohorsky, 1977
Species Fusus rubrolineatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Granulifusus rubrolineatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Species Fusus rudis Philippi, 1844 accepted as Fusinus rudis (Philippi, 1844)
Species Fusus rudolphi Dunker, 1871 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus rufinodis Martens, 1901 accepted as Granulifusus rufinodis (Martens, 1901)
Species Fusus rufocaudatus Dall, 1896 accepted as Exilioidea rufocaudata (Dall, 1896)
Species Fusus rufus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Latirus rufus (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus sarissophorus Watson, 1882 accepted as Fulgurofusus sarissophorus (Watson, 1882)
Species Fusus scalariformis Gould, 1840 accepted as Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Fusus schrammi Crosse, 1865 accepted as Fusinus schrammi (Crosse, 1865)
Species Fusus scrobiculatus Dunker in Philippi, 1846 accepted as Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)
Species Fusus sectus Locard, 1897 accepted as Fusinus sectus (Locard, 1897)
Species Fusus sieboldi Schepman, 1891 accepted as Chryseofusus graciliformis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus simonianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 accepted as Afrocominella capensis simoniana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
Species Fusus simplex E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Fusinus pauciliratus complex Snyder, 2000
Species Fusus sinistrorsus Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Neptunea contraria (Linnaeus, 1771)
Species Fusus spectrum A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 accepted as Fusinus spectrum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus speratus Cossmann, 1921 accepted as Urosalpinx sperata (Cossmann, 1921)
Species Fusus spiceri Tenison-Woods, 1876 accepted as Dolicholatirus spiceri (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Species Fusus spiralis A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Fusus spitzbergensis Reeve, 1855 accepted as Aulacofusus brevicauda (Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fusus squamosus Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838 accepted as Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Species Fusus striatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 accepted as Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus strigatus Philippi, 1850 accepted as Fusinus strigatus (Philippi, 1850)
Species Fusus subangulatus Martens, 1901 accepted as Chryseofusus subangulatus (Martens, 1901)
Species Fusus subcontractus G. B. Sowerby III, 1902 accepted as Columbarium subcontractum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1902)
Species Fusus suboblitus Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Granulifusus niponicus (E. A. Smith, 1879)
Species Fusus sulcatus Gray, 1839 accepted as Peristernia sulcata (Gray, 1839)
Species Fusus sulcatus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Penion sulcatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus tapetepersicum Röding, 1798 accepted as Latirus gibbulus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus taylorianus Reeve, 1848 accepted as Peristernia tayloriana (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Latirus tenuistriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus tessellatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Fusinus tessellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880)
Species Fusus textiliosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1843 accepted as Xymenopsis buccineus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus thielei Schepman, 1911 accepted as Fusinus thielei (Schepman, 1911)
Species Fusus timessus Dall, 1889 accepted as Fusinus timessus (Dall, 1889)
Species Fusus titii Stossich, 1865 accepted as Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus togatus Mörch, 1869 accepted as Colus sabini (Gray, 1824)
Species Fusus toreuma Deshayes, 1843 accepted as Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Fusus tortuosus Reeve, 1855 accepted as Colus holboelli (Møller, 1842)
Species Fusus townsendi Melvill, 1899 accepted as Fusinus townsendi (Melvill, 1899)
Species Fusus traversi Hutton, 1873 accepted as Xymene traversi (Hutton, 1873) accepted as Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)
Species Fusus trompeta Röding, 1798 accepted as Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus trumbulli Gould, 1848 accepted as Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)
Species Fusus trumbulli Linsley, 1845 accepted as Astyris lunata (Say, 1826)
Species Fusus tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Fusinus tuberculatus (Lamarck, 1822)
Species Fusus tuberosus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus tuberosus (Reeve, 1847)
Species Fusus turriculus Kiener, 1840 accepted as Fusinus forceps (Perry, 1811)
Species Fusus turris Valenciennes, 1832 accepted as Fusinus turris (Valenciennes, 1832)
Species Fusus turritus Aurivillius, 1885 accepted as Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919)
Species Fusus turtoni Bean, 1834 accepted as Beringius turtoni (Bean, 1834)
Species Fusus unicarinatus Philippi, 1868 accepted as Tromina dispectata Dell, 1990
Species Fusus ventricosus Gray, 1839 accepted as Colus terraenovae Bouchet & Warén, 1985
Species Fusus ventricosus H. Adams, 1870 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus ventricosus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Fusinus beckii (Reeve, 1848)
Species Fusus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Fusinus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus verruculatus Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Fusinus ocelliferus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fusus vinosus Dall, 1918 accepted as Neptunea vinosa (Dall, 1919)
Species Fusus voigtii Anton, 1838 accepted as Linatella caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Fusus vulpicolor G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 accepted as Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Fusus wiegmanni Anton, 1838 accepted as Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)
Species Fusus xantochrous Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 accepted as Peristernia xantochroa (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
Species Fusus zebrinus Odhner, 1923 accepted as Fusinus zebrinus (Odhner, 1923)
Note  Nomenclature: Historically, the name Fusus was used rather indiscriminately for any kind of spindle-shaped shell, for species now placed throughout the families of Buccinoidea and beyond (Muricoidea and even some Conoidea). However, there were several nomenclatural establishments of the name.
1. Fusus Helbling, 1779, has been placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1765 (1994, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(2): 159-161), 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.
2. Fusus Bruguière, 1789, is invalid because it is a junior homonym of Fusus Helbling, 1779, and it has also been placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1765. The type species (by subsequent monotypy) of Fusus Bruguière is Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758, and it belongs in the family Fasciolariidae.
3. It is uncertain whether Röding really intended to establish a new genus or whether he merely used the Fusus of Helbling (unlikely) or Bruguière (probably). Whatever, Fusus Röding, 1798, has also been placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1765.

To summarize, the name Fusus, in whatever taxonomical sense, is now invalid.
Rafinesque (1815) had substituted "Fusus Lamarck" [= Fusus Bruguière] with the name Fusinus. Fusinus then becomes the valid name for the species congeneric with Murex colus Linnaeus, 1759, i.e. Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758). However, many of the species historically placed in Fusus are not congeneric or even confamilial with Fusinus colus.

When databasing names in WoRMS, it is not clear to which of the different Fusus an author originally combined a specific epithet. We have arbitrarily attributed to Fusus Helbling the specific epithets of species now placed in Colubrariidae, and we have attributed to Fusus Bruguière all the others.
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