Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Colidae
Alternative spelling: Neptunea (Colus)
Synonyms: Neptunea (Tritonofusus) Beck 1847, Tritonofusus Beck 1847
Parent taxon: Colidae according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022
See also Gabb 1869, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hickman 1980, Kiel and Goedert 2007, Rosenberg 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell et al. 2004, Titova 1994 and Vaught et al. 1989
Sister taxon: Turrisipho
Subtaxa: Colus altus Colus arctatus Colus gracilis Colus hollboelli Colus islandicus Colus precursor Colus pygmaeus Colus rearensis Colus sekiuensis Colus stimpsoni Neptunea (Colus) aphela Neptunea (Colus) arctica Neptunea (Colus) eurekaensis Neptunea (Colus) griseus Neptunea (Colus) halibrectus Neptunea (Colus) jordani Neptunea (Colus) merriami Neptunea (Colus) purisimaensis Tritonofusus (Plicifusus) Tritonofusus fortunasensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (1), Iceland (1), Ireland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alaska, Massachusetts, Oregon, Virginia)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Iceland (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (6: Alaska, California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: Alaska)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), United States (4: Alaska)
• Oligocene of Japan (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (6: Alaska, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (3: Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1)
Total: 55 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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