Colus jeffreysianus

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

Colus jeffreysianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colidae
Genus: Colus
Species:
C. jeffreysianus
Binomial name
Colus jeffreysianus
(Fischer P., 1868)
Synonyms
  • Colus howsei (J. T. Marshall, 1902)
  • Fusus (Sipho) pupula Fischer P., 1883
  • Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877
  • Fusus consimilis Marshall, 1902
  • Fusus jeffreysianus Fischer P., 1868
  • Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848
  • Fusus propinquus var. howsei Marshall, 1902
  • Fusus propinquus var. laevis Marshall, 1902
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana (Fischer P., 1868)
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana var. bicolor Locard, 1896
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana var. elongata Locard, 1896
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana var. major Locard, 1896
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana var. minor Locard, 1896
  • Neptunia jeffreysiana var. ventricosa Locard, 1896
  • Neptunia pupoidea Locard, 1897
  • Neptunia torra Locard, 1897
  • Sipho turritus (M. Sars, 1859)
  • Siphonorbis marshalli Iredale, 1918
  • Tritonium turritum Sars M., 1859

Description

The length of the shell attains 58.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  • Fischer P. (1868). Note sur les espèces du genre Fusus qui habitent les côtes océaniques de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie 16: 35-38
  • Iredale T. (1918-1921). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and their solution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part 1, (1918) 1-2: 28-40 [agosto] part 2, (1921) 2
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Marshall J. T. (1901-1902). Additions to British Conchology. Part VI. Journal of Conchology, 10: 122-128 [October 1901]; 190-193
  • Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp

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