78 rusiNiE. 



Genus FUSUS, Klein. 



Shell fusiform ; spire many-whorled, acuminate, longer 

 than the last whorl ; aperture oval ; canal long, straight ; 

 columella smooth, arcuated ; outer lip entire. 



Syn. Colus, Humph. Fusinus, Bafin. Syrinx, Bolten. 



Ex. F. colus, LinncEUS, pi. 8. fig. 4. Operculum, F. 

 Dupetit-Thouarsii, Kiener^ fig. 4, a, 4, h. Shell, F. incisus, 

 Martini, fig. 4, c. 



The true spindle-shells, as they are sometimes termed, 

 chiefly inhabit the Eastern Seas, China, and Australia; a 

 few of them are always reversed ; when they crawl they 

 readily elevate the shell, and are tolerably lively ; some of 

 them are highly coloured, and have very elegantly formed 

 shells. 



Species of Fusus. 



acus, Adams and Reeve. fragrans, Reeve. 



aureus, Reeve. glabratus, Cliem. 



australis, Quoy. glomeratus, Meusch. 



Beckiij Reeve. gracillimus, Adams a7id Reeve. 



bellus, C. B. Adams. gradatus, Reeve. 



Blosvillei, Reeve. heptagonalis, Reeve. 



cajlatus, Reeve. incisus. Mart. 



cinnamomeus, Reeve. Japonicus, Gray. 



clausicaudatus. Hinds, lanceola, Mart. 



closterj Phil. laticostatus, Desh. 



colus, Linn. lignarius, Reeve. 



crebriliratus, Reeve. longicauda, Bory. 



Cumingii, Jonas. longissimus, Lam. 



distans, Lam. marmoratus, Phil. 



Dupetit-Thouarsii, Kien. Mexicanus, Reeve. 



ficula, Reeve. multicarinatus, Lam. 



forceps, Perry. myristicus, Reeve. 



