Bolinus

[2] This genus is known in the fossil record from the Miocene to the Pliocene period (age range: from 15.97 to 2.588 million years ago.).

Fossil shells within this genus have been found in Cyprus, Austria, Italy and Turkey.

The adult shells of Bolinus species can reach a size of about 60–200 millimetres (2.4–7.9 in).

They are usually pale or golden brown, thick and spiny with a long and straight siphonal canal and a rounded and broad body whorl.

They are carnivorous and predatory Snails within this genus mainly live along the Atlantic coast of Africa and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fossil shell of Bolinus brandaris torularius from Pliocene