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Colus islandicus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Murex islandicus was named by Mohr (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fusus islandicus by Forbes and Hanley (1853); it was recombined as Trophon (Sipho) islandicus by Wood (1879); it was recombined as Colus islandicus by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. delrioae, C. fujimotoi, C. halibrectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Murex islandicus Mohr
1853Fusus islandicus Forbes and Hanley p. 416
1853Murex islandicus Forbes and Hanley p. 416
1879Trophon (Sipho) islandicus Wood p. 6
2007Colus islandicus 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
speciesislandicus(Mohr 1786)

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 islandicus Mohr 1786
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available