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Colus precursor

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Colus precursor was named by Hickman (1980). Its type specimen is USNM 251388, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15268) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Colus precursor Hickman p. 56 figs. PI. 7, fig. 14

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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
speciesprecursor

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 precursor Hickman 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available