WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

208605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208605)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Colus boardmani Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted

Colus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Fusinus longicauda (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Fusus longicauda Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Fusus longicaudus Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted

Fusus longicaudus var. toreumoides Grabau, 1904 · unaccepted

Fusus longirostris Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Type data

Type locality contained in Indian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208605 on 2026-10-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-18 15:57:33Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-08-24 11:21:16Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-07-21 18:17:50Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Colus boardmani Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52128623
page(s): 86 [details]

original description (of Fusus longicauda Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Murex colus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, and species, with characters, differences, synonyms, and places.]. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae ,Stockholm, Sweden. 1:[iii] + 824 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 753 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Fusus longirostris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 216 [details]

basis of record Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2019). The genus Fusinus in the northwestern Pacific. Special Publication of the Malacological Society of Japan. 4: 1-122.
page(s): 56, figs 112-129 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2007). On the genus Fusinus in Japan III: Nine further species, with type selections. Venus 66(1-2): 19-47. [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 38, pl. 24, fig. 14 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 138. [details]