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.