The Fasciolariidae Family includes 553 species comprising 3 subfamilies (Fusininae (33 genus), Peristerniinae (20), Fasciolariinae (14))
and 66 genus (Fusinus (102 species), Peristernia (51), Latirus (51), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : Neogastropoda 
    Superfamily : Buccinoidea 
     Family      : Fasciolariidae

Common name : tulip snails and spindle snails

Aspect : shell more or less in the shape of a mandrel with often spiral striations and axial ribs. Elongated top. Presence of a fairly long and slightly curved siphonal canal on the left, thick and horny seal. Columella frequently thickened by the presence of a callus sometimes smooth, sometimes pleated.

Feeding : carnivorous

Environment : typical of the Southeast of the United States

Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798) (Subfamily Fasciolariinae)