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Colus altus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Trophon altus was named by Wood (1874). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Colus altus by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Trophon altus Wood p. 23 figs. pl. 2, fig. 17
1879Trophon altus Wood p. 8
2007Colus altus Hendy

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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
speciesaltus(Wood 1874)

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.

Colus altus Wood 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available