Fusinus verrucosus

Fusinus verrucosus
	Three views of a shell of Fusinus verrucosus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fusininae
Genus:	Fusinus
Species:	F. verrucosus
Binomial name
	Fusinus verrucosus; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
	Fusinus marmoratus (Philippi, 1846); Fusinus verrucosus var. buccinoida (Röding, 1798); Fusus marmoratus Philippi, 1846; Fusus verrucosus (Gmelin, 1791); Murex verrucosus Gmelin, 1791;

Fusinus verrucosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Subspecies Fusinus verrucosus var. chuni Martens, 1904 is a synonym of Fusinus chuni (Martens, 1904)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 90 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, the Western Indian Ocean and in the Persian Gulf.

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