Colus precursor Hickman 1980 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112

Belongs to Colus according to C. S. Hickman 1980

Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, 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 fortunasensis, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus)

Type specimen: USNM 251388, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15268) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Columbia (USGS 15268) - Hickman (1980)

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