Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Fasciolariidae > Subfamily Fusininae

Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fusus*	Bruguière, 1789	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Tritonium (Fusus)*	Bruguière, 1789	synonym

Children

Fusinus agadirensis Hadorn & Rolán, 1999
Fusinus boucheti Hadorn & Ryall, 1999
Fusinus hernandezi Hadorn & Rolán, 2009
Fusinus meteoris Gofas, 2000
Fusinus tenerifensis Hadorn & Rolán, 1999

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナガニシ属

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
additional source	Vermeij, G. J.; Snyder, M. A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.
additional source	Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. of Philadelphia, Special Publication. 21iii + 1–431.
status source	ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1765. Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 51(2): 159-161.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138002