Gracilipurpura

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Gracilipurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes spindle snails and tulip snails. It belongs to the subfamily Fusininae. The genus was named by Jousseaume in 1880. The type species is Fusus strigosus, described by Lamarck in 1822. Some older names used for this group are Carinofusus and Pseudofusus. This is a short article about Gracilipurpura.