Colus rearensis Clark 1932 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846
Belongs to Colus according to B. L. Clark 1932
Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, Colus precursor, Colus pygmaeus, Colus sekiuensis, Colus stimpsoni, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus), Tritonofusus fortunasensis
Type specimen: UCMP 12402. Its type locality is UCMP 3868, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3868
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