Fusinus genus of small to large sea snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snaills.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 94.3 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata all over the worls.
Species in the genus Fusinus include:
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Fusinus
Species brought into synonymy Subgenus Fusinus (Barbarofusus) Grabau & Shimer, 1909 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque , 1815 Subgenus Fusinus (Chryseofusus ) Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 accepted as Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 Subgenus Fusinus (Sinistralia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 Fusinus acherusius Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus acherusius Fusinus alisae Hdorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus alisae Fusinus alisonae Hadorn, Snyder & Fraussen, 2008: synonym of Chryseofusus alisonae Fusinus amiantus :synonym of Amiantofusus amiantus Fusinus artutus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus artutus Fusinus bradneri (Drivas & Jay, 1990) : synonym of Chryseofusus bradneri Fusinus buxeus (Reeve, 1847); synonym of Viridifusus buxeus Fusinus cadus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus cadus Fusinus ceramidus (Dall, 1889): synonym of Lamellilatirus ceramidus Fusinus chrysodomoides (Schepman, 1911) : synonym of Chryseofusus chrysodomoides Fusinus dapsilis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus dapsilis Fusinus eucosmius (Dall, 1889) - apricot spindle : synonym of Fusinus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1880)Fusinus hyphalus M. Smith, 1940 : synonym of Chryseofusus hyphalus Fusinus grabaui Kuroda & Habe, 1952 : synonym of Fusinus nodosoplicatus Fusinus graciliformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1880) : synonym of Chryseofusus graciliformis Fusinus jurgeni Hadorn & Fraussen, 2002 : synonym of Chryseofusus jurgeni Fusinus kazdailisi Fraussen & Hadorn, 2000 : synonym of Chryseofusus kazdailisi Fusinus monksae Dall, 1915 : synonym of Fusinus robustus (Trask, 1855)Fusinus panamensis Dall, 1908 : synonym of Fusinus spectrum Fusinus riscus Hdorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus riscus Fusinus sanctaeluciae : redirected to Fusinus rostratus Fusinus satsumaensis Hadorn & Chino, 2005 : synonym of Chryseofusus satsumaensis Fusinus scissus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus scissus Fusinus subangulatus (von Martens, 1901) : synonym of Chryseofusus subangulatus Fusinus toreuma : synonym of Fusinus colus Fusinus tuberculatus : synonym of Fusinus colus Fusinus valdiviae Hadorn & Fraussen, 1999 : synonym of Chryseofusus graciliformis Fusinus wareni Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus scissus Fusinus westralis Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003 : synonym of Chryseofusus westralis 
