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Colus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Colus was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Neptunea (Colus) by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

It was assigned to Neptunea by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Neptuneidae by Hickman (1980); to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Buccininae by Stilwell et al. (2004); and to Buccinidae by Rosenberg (2005), Kiel and Goedert (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. delrioae, C. fujimotoi

Synonyms

Tritonofusus was named by Beck (1847). It is extant.

It was reranked as Neptunea (Tritonofusus) by Gabb (1869); it was synonymized subjectively with Colus by Vaught et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Neptunea by Gabb (1869).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Colus Röding
1847	Tritonofusus Beck
1869	Neptunea (Tritonofusus) Gabb p. 146
1931	Neptunea (Colus) Grant, IV and Gale p. 661
1980	Colus Hickman p. 55
1994	Colus Titova p. 322
2002	Colus Sepkoski
2004	Colus Stilwell et al. p. 38
2005	Colus Rosenberg
2007	Colus Kiel and Goedert p. 43

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Colus	Röding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Colus Röding 1798

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Subg. Colus (Aulacofusus)

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†Colus (Aulacofusus) asagaensis Makiyama 1934

Colus (Aulacofusus) spitzbergensis Reeve 1855

†Colus (Aulocofusus) recurvus Gabb 1866

†Colus altus Wood 1874

†Colus arctatus Conrad 1855

Colus gracilis da Costa 1778

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Invalid names: Fusus angustius Woodward 1842 [synonym]

Colus hollboelli Møller 1842

Colus islandicus Mohr 1786

†Colus precursor Hickman 1980

Colus pygmaeus Gould 1841

Colus rearensis Clark 1932

†Colus sekiuensis Kiel and Goedert 2007

Colus stimpsoni Mörch 1868

Neptunea (Colus) aphela Dall 1889

†Neptunea (Colus) arctica Philippi 1850

†Neptunea (Colus) eurekaensis Martin 1914

Neptunea (Colus) griseus Dall 1889

Neptunea (Colus) halibrectus Dall 1891

Neptunea (Colus) jordani Dall 1913

†Neptunea (Colus) merriami Rivers 1904

†Neptunea (Colus) purisimaensis Martin 1914

Invalid names: Tritonofusus Beck 1847 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (59 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Argentina (Chubut)	C. delrioae (74172)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Antarctica	C. delrioae (67044)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Washington)	C. sp. (198636)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Russian Federation (Kamchatka)	C. asagaensis (5946)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Japan	C. fujimotoi (71010)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	C. sekiuensis (205032)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Oregon)	C. precursor (40182)
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	USA (Washington)	C. sekiuensis (199540 205035)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Japan	C. sp. (68894 70753)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Russian Federation	C. sp. (45430)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Japan	C. sp. (191320)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Washington)	C. sekiuensis (58964 205033)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	C. sekiuensis (205034)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Alaska)	C. rearensis (195964)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	C. sekiuensis (91624 160141)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Russian Federation	C. sp. (45432)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Japan (Hokkaido)	Aulacofusus sp. (219254)
Burdigalian - Serravallian	20.45 - 11.63	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (37383 37385)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (67915)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Denmark	C. distinctus (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (44098)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.63 - 3.6	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (37991 37993)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Iceland	C. olavii (34954)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	United Kingdom (England)	Trophon gracile (84763)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Belgium	C. curtus (80674)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	USA (California)	Chrysodomus eurekaensis (220035) Chrysodomus purisimaensis (220031) Neptunea eurekaensis (96885) Tritonofusus fortunasensis (220034)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	USA (Alaska)	C. halibrectus (41309)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	United Kingdom (England)	Trophon altus (84761 84819) Trophon islandicus (84759)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Japan (Fukushima)	Aulacofusus periscelidus (62295)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	USA (California)	Tritonofusus sp. (186031)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Belgium	C. cordatus, C. curtus (179048 179079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. (98040 98041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (Alaska)	C. spitsbergensis (38007)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	USA (Oregon)	Sipho halibrectus (71142)
Quaternary	2.58 - 0.0	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (112322)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Ireland	Sipho islandicus (178118)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Greenland	C. gracilis (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Virginia)	C. pygmaeus (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Alaska)	C. sp. (41301)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Spain	C. jeffreysianus (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Massachusetts)	C. stimpsoni (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)	C. sp. (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	United Kingdom (England)	Trophon gracile (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Iceland	C. sp. (75057)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Canada (Nunavut)	C. sp. (48462)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Canada (Quebec)	C. sp. (51005)