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. (Placed by the ICZN on the Official Index by Opinion 1765, 1994, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 159). The accepted name is ''Fusinus'' Rafinesque, 1815 WoRMS : Fusus; accessed : 31 August 2010
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The genus ''Fusus'' Helbling, 1779, has also 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 (= ''Fusus intertextus'' Helbling, 1779), and it belongs in the family Colubrariidae.

Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) has been suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817 are conserved. ICZN 1993. Opinion 1765. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 159-161
CZN 1993. Opinion 1765. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 159-161

The genus ''Fusus'' Röding, 1798 (type species = ''Fusus cynara'' Röding, 1798 = ''Turbinella angulata'' (Lightfoot, 1786) ) 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'' (Iredale, 1929): synonym of '' Cumia adjuncta'' (Iredale, 1929)
* ''Fusus alfredensis'' (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of '' Cumia alfredensis'' (Bartsch, 1915)
* ''Fusus bednalli'' (Brazier, 1875): synonym of '' Cumia bednalli'' (Brazier, 1875)
* ''Fusus brazieri'' (Angas, 1869): synonym of '' Cumia brazieri'' (Angas, 1869)
* ''Fusus lucasi'' Bozzetti, 2007: synonym of '' Cumia lucasi'' (Bozzetti, 2007)
* ''Fusus mestayerae'' Iredale, 1915: synonym of '' Cumia mestayerae'' (Iredale, 1915)
* ''Fusus schoutanicus'' (May, 1910): synonym of '' Cumia schoutanica'' (May, 1910)
* ''Fusus simonis'' Bozzetti, 2004: synonym of '' Cumia simonis'' (Bozzetti, 2004)

Species within the genus ''Fusus'' Bruguière, 1789 include arbitrarily all the species that haven't been designated to ''Fusus'' Helbling, 1779:.WoRMS: ''Fusus''
Accessed 31 August 2010. Most species have been synonymized with a species in'' Fusinus''.

* '' Fusus aurantius'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus blainvillii'' Mavarigna, 1840: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus blakensis'' Hadorn & Roger, 2000: synonym of '' Fusinus blakensis'' Hadorn & Roger, 2000
* ''Fusus branscombi'' Clark W., 1849: synonym of '' Comarmondia gracilis'' (Montagu, 1803)
* '' Fusus brevis'' Brown, 1827: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus chonoticus'' Philippi, 1858: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus clavatus'' della Chiaje, 1830: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus colus'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''Fusinus colus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Fusus contabulatus'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus crassus'' Pallary, 1901: synonym of '' Fusinus cretellai'' Buzzurro & Russo, 2008
* '' Fusus crebricostatus'' Lamarck, 1822: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus cygneus'' Philippi, 1852: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus dalli'' Watson, 1882: synonym of '' Granulifusus dalli'' (Watson, 1882)
* '' Fusus dexter'' Menke, 1829: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus doliatus'' Valenciennes, 1832: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus dunkeri'' Jonas, 1846: synonym of'' Microcolus dunkeri'' (Jonas, 1846)
* '' Fusus elegantissimus'' Bioni Giunti, 1860: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus filosa'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of '' Polygona filosa''
* '' Fusus follicus'' Lesson, 1842 :: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus frondosus'' Lesson, 1842: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus fusconodosus'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1880: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus gieseckii'' Anton, 1839: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus gilvus'' Philippi, 1849: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus glacialis'' Gray, 1839: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus glomeratus'' Mörch, 1852: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus gracilis'' Koch, 1845: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus granulosus'' Anton, 1839: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus guttatus'' Busch, 1844: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus harfordii'' Stearns, 1871: synonym of '' Fusinus harfordii'' (Stearns, 1871)
* '' Fusus heterostrophus'' de Gregorio, 1885: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus imbricatus'' Lesson, 1842 : synonym of '' Lataxiena desserti'' Houart, 1995
* '' Fusus incertus'' Smith, 1906: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus indicus'' Anton, 1838: synonym of '' Marmorofusus tuberculatus'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* '' Fusus junior'' Audouin, 1826: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus juvenis'' Bivona, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus lanceolatus'' Koch, 1846: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus lateroides'' (Monterosato, 1891): synonym of'' Fusinus rostratus'' (Olivi, 1792)
* ''Fusus libratus'' Watson, 1886: synonym of '' Granulifusus dalli'' (Watson, 1882)
* '' Fusus lineatus'' Menke, 1829: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus liratus'' Philippi, 1887: synonym of '' Xymenopsis muriciformis'' (King & Broderip, 1833)
* '' Fusus lusitanicus'' Allen, 1858: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus luteopictus'' Dall, 1887: synonym of '' Fusinus luteopictus''
* ''Fusus maroccensis'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Fusinus maroccensis'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* '' Fusus monachus'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus muricinus'' Anton, 1839: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus nigrinus'' Philippi, 1858: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus niponicus'' Smith, 1879: synonym of '' Granulifusus niponicus'' (E.A. Smith, 1879)
* '' Fusus niveus'' Gray, 1838: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus nobilis'' Reeve, 1847: synonym of '' Fusinus nobilis'' (Reeve, 1847)
* ''Fusus nodicinctus'' A. Adams, 1855: synonym of '' Otopleura nodicincta'' (A. Adams, 1855)
* '' Fusus obscurus'' Philippi, 1844: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus pazi'' Crosse, 1859: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus perminutus'' (Dall, 1927): synonym of Americominella perminuta
* '' Fusus philippi'' Jonas, 1846: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus pictus'' (Turton, 1825): nomen dubium
* '' Fusus pleurotomoides'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus plicosus'' (Menke, 1830): nomen dubium
* '' Fusus productus'' Mörch, 1876: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus prolongata'' Turton, 1932: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus punctatus'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus pyruloides'' Lesson, 1842: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus retroversus'' Fleming, 1823: synonym of ''Limacina retroversa'' (Fleming, 1823)
* '' Fusus roedingi'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus rolani'' Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005: synonym of '' Fusinus rolani'' Buzzurro & Ovalis, 2005
* ''Fusus roseus'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848: synonym of '' Pareuthria powelli'' Cernohorsky, 1977
* '' Fusus rubens'' Lamarck, 1822: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus rugosus'' Lamarck, 1816: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus sinuatus'' Lesson, 1842: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus steneus'' Nardo, 1847: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus sulcatus'' Lamarck: synonym of '' Penion sulcatus'' (Lamarck, 1816)
* ''Fusus syracusanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of '' Fusinus syracusanus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Fusus thielei'' Schepman, 1911: synonym of '' Fusinus thielei'' (Schepman, 1911)
* ''Fusus toreuma'' (Martyn, 1784): synonym of ''Fusinus colus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Fusus triskaedekagonus'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus tuberculatus'' Lamarck, 1822: synonym of ''Fusinus colus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Fusus varicosus'' Anton, 1838: nomen dubium
* '' Fusus ventricosus'' Lesson, 1842: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus verrucosus'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of'' Fusinus verrucosus'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* '' Fusus virga'' Gray, 1839: nomen dubium
* ''Fusus zebrinus'' Odhner, 1923: synonym of '' Fusinus zebrinus'' (Odhner, 1923)

References

Further reading

* Dall W. H. (1877)
''On the Californian Species of Fusus''

* Grabau A. W. (1904)
''Phylogeny of Fusus and its allies''


Beu, A G - Marshall, B A - Ponder, Wf (1992), Comments On The Proposed Confirmation Of Unavailability Of The Name Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda); Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49 p. 68-70

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Gastropod genera