Fusus colus (Linnaeus, 1758)

1758 Murex colus Linnaeus: 753, no. 480

1801 Fusus longicauda Lamarck: 82

1816 Fusus longicauda Lamarck: 6, pl. 423, fig. 2

1822 Fusus colus (Linnaeus) Lamarck 7 (1): 123, sp. no. 3

1832 Fusus colus (Linnaeus) Deshayes: 148

1840a Kiener 5, pl. 4, fig. 1.

Locality of Lamarck’s material: l’Océan des grandes Indes.

Material in MHNG, Lamarck collection: 1 specimen MHNG INVE 51705 (ex MHNG 1098/7), 17 cm. The specimen does not seem to be the one figured in (1816) (stated as pl. 424, fig. 4, a caption error). It probably is the one figured by Kiener. Locality on the label: Océan Indien .

Remarks: according to Rosalie de Lamarck, two specimens were originally in her father’s collection.

Current taxonomic position: Fusinus colus (Linnaeus, 1758); type species of Fusus Bruguière, 1789, renamed Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 . Locality is central Pacific, westwards.