Aristofusus excavatus, common name apricot spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

[1] Aristofusus excavatus has a shell reaching a size of 60 – 86 mm.

This species can be found in southeastern United States and from the Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil.

It lives on sandy and mud bottoms at depths from 30 to 160 m.

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