Colus
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| Two of Colus islandicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Colus Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786
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Colus (lat. colus, distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2][1]
Evolution[]
Colus is related to the New Zealand genus Austrofusus.[2]
Taxonomy[]
The name Colus is not available from Humphrey, 1797 (published in a work placed on the Official Index). Most recent authors use the name Colus Röding, 1798 for the genus instead of Sipho Bruguière, 1792. Iredale (1919b) mentioned: "This name cannot be defended by anyone" and was rejected by the ICZN (Op. 21). Also Tritonofusus Beck, 1874 cannot be used because of the rules of priority.
Species[]
Species within the genus Colus include:[1]
- Colus aurariae , , Afonso & Monteiro, 2009
- Colus azygosorius , 1980
- Colus barbarinus Dall, 1919
- Colus bukini Kantor, 1984
- Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
- Colus griseus (Dall, 1889)
- Colus halimeris (Dall, 1919)
- Colus holboelli (Møller, 1842)
- Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
- Colus jeffreysianus (Fischer P., 1868)
- Colus kujianus Tiba, 1973
- Colus minor (Dall, 1925)
- Colus pubescens (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
- Colus pulcius (Dall, 1919)
- Colus pygmaeus (Gould, 1841)
- Colus rushii (Dall, 1889)
- Colus sabini (Gray J.E., 1824)
- † Kiel & Goedert, 2007
- Colus stimpsoni (Mørch, 1868)
- Colus syrtensis (Packard, 1867)
- Colus terraenovae Bouchet & , 1985
- Colus turgidulus (Friele, 1877)
- Paulmier, 2020
- Taxon inquirendum
- (Dall, 1919)
- Species represented in the fossil record
- †Colus altus
- †Colus gracilis
- †Colus hollboelli
- †Colus islandicus
- †Colus pygmaeus
- †Colus stimpsoni
References[]
- ^ a b c Colus Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
- ^ a b Vaux, Felix; Hills, Simon F.K.; Marshall, Bruce A.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2017). "A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114 (2017): 367–381. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018. PMID 28669812.
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296
External links[]
- Colus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 14-12-2016)
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