''Colus'' (lat. ''colus'',
distaff
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) is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Colidae, the true whelks and the like.
Evolution
''Colus'' is related to the
New Zealand
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genus ''Austrofusus''.
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'' for the genus instead of ''Sipho'' .
Iredale (1919b) mentioned: "This name cannot be defended by anyone" and was rejected by the
ICZN
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(Op. 21). Also ''Tritonofusus'' cannot be used because of the rules of priority.
Species
Species within the genus ''Colus'' include:
* ''
Colus aurariae''
Fraussen, Rosado, Afonso & Monteiro, 2009
* ''
Colus azygosorius''
Tiba, 1980
* ''
Colus barbarinus''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Colus bukini''
Kantor, 1984
* ''
Colus gracilis''
(da Costa
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, 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): synonym of ''
Plicifusus minor''
(Dall, 1925)
* ''
Colus pubescens''
( A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* ''
Colus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Colus pygmaeus''
(Gould
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, 1841)
* ''
Colus rushii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Colus sabini''
( Gray J.E., 1824)
* † ''
Colus sekiuensis''
Kiel & Goedert, 2007
* ''
Colus stimpsoni''
(Mørch, 1868)
* ''
Colus syrtensis''
(Packard
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One of the "Thr ...
, 1867)
* ''
Colus terraenovae''
Bouchet & Warén, 1985
* ''
Colus turgidulus''
(Friele
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, 1877)
* ''
Colus virgulus''
Paulmier, 2020
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''
Colus (Aulacofusus) halidonus''
(Dall, 1919)
; Species represented in the fossil record:
* †''Colus altus''
* †''Colus gracilis''
* †''Colus hollboelli''
* †''Colus islandicus''
* †''Colus pygmaeus''
* †''Colus stimpsoni''
Synonyms
* ''Colus acosmius''
(Dall, 1891): synonym of ''
Anomalisipho acosmius''
(Dall, 1891)
* ''Colus adonis''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Kanamarua adonis''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* † ''Colus altus''
(S. Wood, 1848): synonym of † ''
Murex pullus''
S. Woodward, 1833
* ''Colus aphelus''
(Dall, 1890): synonym of ''
Latisipho aphelus''
(Dall, 1890)
* ''Colus aurantius''
(Dall, 1907): synonym of ''
Plicifusus rhyssus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Colus boardmani''
Iredale, 1930: synonym of ''
Fusinus colus
''Fusinus colus'', common name the Distaff spindle or Long-tailed Spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Colus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''Colus bristolensis''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Colus barbarinus''
Dall, 1919
* ''Colus brunneus''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Colus caelatus''
(A. E. Verrill, 1880): synonym of
Retimohnia caelata (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
* ''Colus calamaeus''
(Dall, 1907): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus calamaeus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Colus calathus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Aulacofusus calathus''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Colus callorhinus''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''
Plicifusus rodgersi''
(Gould, 1860)
* ''Colus capponius''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Colus pulcius''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Colus clementinus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Retimohnia clarki''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Colus consetti''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''
Fusinus consetti''
(Iredale, 1929)
* ''Colus cretaceus''
(Reeve, 1847): synonym of ''
Plicifusus kroyeri''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus dautzenbergi''
Dall, 1916: synonym of ''
Anomalisipho verkruezeni''
(Kobelt, 1876)
* ''Colus errones''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Latisipho errones''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Colus esychus''
(Dall, 1907): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus esychus''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Colus forceps''
(Perry, 1811): synonym of ''
Fusinus forceps''
(Perry, 1811)
* ''Colus frielei''
(Kantor, 1981)>: synonym of ''Anomalosipho frielei''
Kantor, 1981: synonym of ''
Anomalisipho verkruezeni''
(Kobelt, 1876)
* ''Colus fusiformis''
(Broderip, 1830): synonym of ''
Turrisipho fenestratus''
(W. Turton, 1834)
* ''Colus genticus''
Iredale, 1936: synonym of ''
Cyrtulus genticus''
(Iredale, 1936) (original combination)
* ''Colus georgianus''
(Dall, 1921): synonym of ''
Latisipho georgianus''
(Dall, 1921)
* ''Colus glaber''
(Verkrüzen, 1876): synonym of ''
Colus gracilis''
(da Costa, 1778)
* ''Colus glyptus''
(A. E. Verrill, 1882): synonym of ''
Retimohnia glypta''
(A. E. Verrill, 1882)
* ''Colus halibrectus''
(Dall, 1891): synonym of ''
Latisipho halibrectus''
(Dall, 1891)
* ''Colus hallii''
(Dall, 1873): synonym of ''
Latisipho hallii''
(Dall, 1873)
* ''Colus hankinsi''
A. H. Clarke, 1960: synonym of ''
Mohnia danielsseni''
(Friele, 1879)
* ''Colus hayashii''
Shikama, 1971: synonym of ''
Calagrassor hayashii''
(Shikama, 1971) (original combination)
* ''Colus herendeenii''
(Dall, 1902): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus herendeeni''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Colus holbolli''
(Møller, 1842): synonym of ''
Colus holboelli''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus howsei''
(J. T. Marshall, 1902): synonym of ''
Colus jeffreysianus''
(P. Fischer, 1868)
* ''Colus hunkinsi''
A. H. Clarke, 1960: synonym of ''
Mohnia danielsseni''
(Friele, 1879)
* ''Colus hypolispus''
(Dall, 1891): synonym of ''
Latisipho hypolispus''
(Dall, 1891)
* ''Colus incisus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Plicifusus olivaceus''
(Aurivillius, 1885)
* ''Colus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863): synonym of ''
Retifusus jessoensis''
(Schrenck, 1863)
* ''Colus jordani''
(Dall, 1913): synonym of ''
Latisipho jordani''
(Dall, 1913)
* † ''Colus kaunhoweni''
Finlay, 1927: synonym of † ''
Columbarium heberti''
(Briart & Cornet, 1877)
* ''Colus krampi''
(Thorson, 1951): synonym of ''
Mohnia krampi''
(Thorson, 1951)
* ''Colus kroeyeir''
(Møller, 1842): synonym of ''
Plicifusus kroyeri''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus kroyeri''
(Møller, 1842): synonym of ''
Plicifusus kroyeri''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus lachesis''
(Mörch, 1869): synonym of ''
Turrisipho lachesis''
(Mörch, 1869)
* ''Colus latericeus''
(Møller, 1842): synonym of ''
Retifusus latericeus''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus longicauda''
(Lamarck, 1801): synonym of ''
Fusinus colus
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''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Colus martensi'' (A. Krause, 1885)
Small text: synonym of ''
Anomalisipho martensi''
(A. Krause, 1885)
* ''Colus minor''
(Dall, 1925): synonym of ''
Plicifusus minor''
(Dall, 1925)
* ''Colus mitrellaformis''
Nomura, 1940: synonym of ''
Daphnella mitrellaformis''
(Nomura, 1940) (original combination)
* ''Colus nobilis''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Aulacofusus herendeeni''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Colus obesus''
(A. E. Verrill, 1884): synonym of ''
Retimohnia caelata''
(A. E. Verrill, 1880)
* ''Colus oceanodromae''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Plicifusus oceanodromae''
Dall, 1919
* ''Colus okhotskanus''
Tiba, 1973: synonym of ''
Plicifusus elaeodes''
(Dall, 1907)
* ''Colus ombronius''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Aulacofusus ombronius''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Colus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980): synonym of ''
Retifusus parvus''
(Tiba, 1980)
* ''Colus periscelidus''
(Dall, 1891): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus periscelidus''
(Dall, 1891)
* ''Colus roseus''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''
Retifusus roseus''
(Dall, 1877)
* ''Colus ryukyuensis''
Lan, 2002: synonym of ''
Calagrassor poppei''
(Fraussen, 2001)
* ''Colus sapius''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Fusipagoda sapia''
(Dall, 1919) (original combination)
* ''Colus severinus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Latisipho severinus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Colus sinovellus''
Iredale, 1929: synonym of ''
Fusinus sinovellus''
(Iredale, 1929) (original combination)
* ''Colus spitzbergensis''
(Reeve, 1855): synonym of ''
Aulacofusus brevicauda''
(Deshayes, 1832)
* ''Colus stejnegeri''
(Dall, 1884): synonym of ''Turrivolutopsius stejnegeri''
(Dall, 1884): synonym of ''
Volutopsius stejnegeri''
(Dall, 1884)
* ''Colus tahwitanus''
Dall, 1918: synonym of ''
Latisipho tahwitanus''
(Dall, 1918) (original combination)
* ''Colus tashiensis''
Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002: synonym of ''
Calagrassor tashiensis''
(Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) (original combination)
* ''Colus timetus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Latisipho timetus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Colus togatus''
(Mörch, 1869): synonym of ''
Colus sabini''
(J. E. Gray, 1824)
* ''Colus tortuosus''
(Reeve, 1855): synonym of ''
Colus holboelli''
(Møller, 1842)
* ''Colus trombinus''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''
Limatofusus trombinus''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Colus trophius'' ''(Dall, 1919)'': synonym of ''
Aulacofusus trophius''
Dall, 1919
* ''Colus ventricosus''
(Gray, 1839): synonym of ''
Colus terraenovae'' Bouchet & Warén, 1985
* ''Colus verkruezeni''
(Kobelt, 1876): synonym of ''
Anomalisipho verkruezeni''
(Kobelt, 1876)
* ''Colus virens''
(Dall, 1877): synonym of ''
Retifusus virens'' (
Dall, 1877)
References
* 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
*
Buccinidae
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