Colus
Encyclopedia
Colus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
Species
Species within the genus Colus include:- Colus aurariaeColus aurariaeColus aurariae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen, Rosado, Afonso & Monteiro, 2009 - Colus azygosorius Tiba, 1980
- Colus bukini Kantor, 1984
- Colus dautzenbergi Dall, 1916
- Colus esychus (Dall, 1907)
- Colus glaberColus glaberColus glaber is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(KobeltWilhelm KobeltWilhelm Kobelt was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology.Kobelt is remembered for his work as curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main....
, 1876) - Colus gracilisColus gracilisColus gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(da CostaEmanuel Mendez da CostaEmanuel Mendez da Costa was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati....
, 1778) - Colus holboelliColus holboelliColus holboelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Møller, 1842) - Colus howseiColus howseiColus howsei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(J.T.Marshall, 1902) - Colus islandicusColus islandicusColus islandicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Mohr, 1786) - Colus jeffreysianusColus jeffreysianusColus jeffreysianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Fischer P.Paul Henri FischerPaul Henri Fischer, was a French physician, zoologist and paleontologist.-Biography:He studied science and medicine, securing doctorates in both, and became assistant in paleontology at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. He was made assistant naturalist there in 1872. Beginning in 1856, he...
, 1868) - Colus jessoensis (SchrenckLeopold von SchrenckLeopold Ivanovich von Schrenck was a Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer.-Biography:Schrenck was a Baltic German born and brought up near Chotenj, south-west of St Petersburg. He received his doctorate from the University of Tartu, and then studied natural science in Berlin and Königsberg...
, 1863) - Colus kujianus Tiba, 1973
- Colus latericeusColus latericeusColus latericeus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Møller, 1842) - Colus minor (Dall, 1925)
- Colus pubescensColus pubescensColus pubescens, common name the hairy colus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(A. E. VerrillAddison Emery VerrillAddison Emery Verrill was an American zoologist. He was a student of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University and graduated in 1862...
, 1882) - Colus pygmaeusColus pygmaeusColus pygmaeus, common name the pygmy whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(GouldAugustus Addison GouldAugustus Addison Gould was an American conchologist and malacologist.-Biography:...
, 1841) - Colus roseus (Dall, 1877)
- Colus rushii (Dall, 1889)
- Colus ryukyuensisColus ryukyuensisColus ryukyuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Lan, 2002 - Colus sabiniColus sabiniColus sabini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Gray J.E.John Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1824) - Colus stimpsoniColus stimpsoniColus stimpsoni, common name the Stimpson's colus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Mørch, 1868) - Colus syrtensis (PackardAlpheus Spring PackardAlpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from...
, 1867) - Colus terraenovaeColus terraenovaeColus terraenovae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
BouchetPhilippe BouchetPhilippe Bouchet is a French scientist, a zoologist whose primary scientific field of study is malacology. He is a senior professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and is head of the Malacology laboratory and the Taxonomy Collections Unit there...
& Warén, 1985 - Colus turgidulusColus turgidulusColus turgidulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Friele, 1877)