Colus holboelli

Colus holboelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]

Colus holboelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colidae
Genus: Colus
Species:
C. holboelli
Binomial name
Colus holboelli
(Møller, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colus holbolli (Møller, 1842) ·
  • Colus tortuosus (Reeve, 1855)
  • Fusus delicatus Jeffreys, 1883
  • Fusus holboelli Møller, 1842 (basionym)
  • Fusus tortuosus Reeve, 1855
  • Sipho togatus var. crassa Harmer, 1914
  • Sipho tortuosus (Reeve, 1855)
  • Sipho tortuosus var. attenuata G. O. Sars, 1878 junior subjective synonym
  • Siphonorbis turritus var. distincta Posselt, 1895

Description

The length of the shell attains 61.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Svalbard.

References

  • MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.


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