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Colus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Colus Röding
1847Tritonofusus Beck
1869Neptunea (Tritonofusus) Gabb p. 146
1980Colus Hickman p. 55
1994Colus Titova p. 322
2002Colus Sepkoski
2004Colus Stilwell et al. p. 38
2005Colus Rosenberg
2007Colus Kiel and Goedert p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusColusRöding 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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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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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): 61.6 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) C. delrioae (74172)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica C. delrioae (67044)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Washington) C. sp. (198636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) C. asagaensis (5946)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) C. sekiuensis (205032)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) C. precursor (40182)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Washington) C. sekiuensis (199540 205035)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan C. fujimotoi (71010)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan C. sp. (68894 70753)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation C. sp. (45430)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan C. sp. (191320)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) C. sekiuensis (58964 205033)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) C. sekiuensis (205034)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation C. sp. (45432)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) C. rearensis (195964)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) C. sekiuensis (91624 160141)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Japan (Hokkaido) Aulacofusus sp. (219254)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62USA (Alaska) C. sp. (37383 37385)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Alaska) C. sp. (67915)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark C. distinctus (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Alaska) C. sp. (44098)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Alaska) C. sp. (37991 37993)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Iceland C. olavii (34954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Trophon gracile (84763)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium C. curtus (80674)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Tritonofusus fortunasensis (220034)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Aulacofusus periscelidus (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Alaska) C. halibrectus (41309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Trophon altus (84761 84819) Trophon islandicus (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Tritonofusus sp. (186031)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium C. cordatus, C. curtus (179048 179079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Alaska) C. spitsbergensis (38007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (98040 98041)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112322)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Sipho islandicus (178118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland C. gracilis (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. jeffreysianus (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) C. stimpsoni (66346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) C. sp. (41301)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Trophon gracile (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland C. sp. (75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) C. stimpsoni (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. sp. (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) C. pygmaeus (57706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (48462)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) C. stimpsoni (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (51005)