FUSUS

or SPINDLE SHELL, a genus of gasteropods. The I’. antiquus is common in England; it is frequently dredged with oysters and is used for bait, but rarely eaten. The canal for the breathing siphon is long and tapering; the spire is tall and many-whorled. Usually the shell is some 6 in. long, but the F. colo eus is twice that length.