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Neptunea (Colus) griseus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Chrysodomus griseus was named by Dall (1889). It is extant.

It was recombined as Plicifusus (Retifusus) griseus by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Neptunea (Colus) griseus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Chrysodomus griseus Dall p. 322 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 6
1921	Plicifusus (Retifusus) griseus Dall p. 93
1931	Neptunea (Colus) griseus Grant, IV and Gale p. 664

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	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	Neptunea	Röding 1798
subgenus	Colus
species	griseus	(Dall 1889)

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.

Neptunea (Colus) griseus Dall 1889

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available