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Colus

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Colus
Temporal range: 66.043–0.0 Ma
Two shells of Colus islandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colidae
Genus: Colus
Röding, 1798
Type species
Murex islandicus
Mohr, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Atractus Agassiz, 1839 (invalid: junior homonym of Atractus Wagler, 1828 [Reptilia]; also junior objective synonym of Colus)
  • Chrysodomus (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Chrysodomus (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869 (junior synonym)
  • Colus (Latifusus) Dall, 1916
  • Fusus (Colus) Röding, 1798
  • Fusus (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Fusus (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869(original rank)
  • Neptunea (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Neptunea (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869
  • Plicifusus (Latifusus) Dall, 1916
  • Sipho Mörch, 1852
  • Sipho (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869
  • Sipho (Tritonofusus) Beck, 1847
  • Siphonorbis Mörch, 1869
  • Tritonofusus Beck, 1847

Colus (lat. colus, distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[2][1]

Evolution

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Colus is related to the New Zealand genus Austrofusus.[2]

Taxonomy

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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

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Species within the genus Colus include:[1]

Taxon inquirendum
Species represented in the fossil record
  • Colus altus
  • Colus gracilis
  • Colus hollboelli
  • Colus islandicus
  • Colus pygmaeus
  • Colus stimpsoni

Synonyms

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A long list of synonyms

References

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  1. ^ a b c Colus Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
  2. ^ 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
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