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Colus (Aulacofusus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Aulacofusus was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Colus (Aulacofusus) by Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

It was assigned to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Colus by Stewart (1927) and Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Colus (Aulocofusus) Stewart p. 396
1994Aulacofusus Titova p. 322
2002Aulacofusus Sepkoski
2003Colus (Aulacofusus) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusColusRöding 1798
subgenusAulacofusus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available