Colus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{About|the genus of sea snails|the genus of fungi|Colus (fungus)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range={{fossil range|66.043|0.0}}

|image=Colus islandicus 001.jpg

|image_caption=Two shells of Colus islandicus

|taxon=Colus

|authority=Röding, 1798

|type_species=Murex islandicus

|type_species_authority=Mohr, 1786

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|synonyms=

  • Atractus Agassiz, 1839 (invalid: junior homonym of Atractus Wagler, 1828 [Reptilia]; also junior objective synonym of Colus)
  • Chrysodomus (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Chrysodomus (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869 (junior synonym)
  • Colus (Latifusus) Dall, 1916
  • Fusus (Colus) Röding, 1798
  • Fusus (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Fusus (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869(original rank)
  • Neptunea (Sipho) Mörch, 1852
  • Neptunea (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869
  • Plicifusus (Latifusus) Dall, 1916
  • Sipho Mörch, 1852
  • Sipho (Siphonorbis) Mörch, 1869
  • Sipho (Tritonofusus) Beck, 1847
  • Siphonorbis Mörch, 1869
  • Tritonofusus Beck, 1847

}}

Colus (lat. colus, distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.018 |title=A phylogeny of Southern Hemisphere whelks (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) and concordance with the fossil record |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=114 |issue=2017 |pages=367–381 |year=2017 |last1=Vaux |first1=Felix |last2=Hills |first2=Simon F.K. |last3=Marshall |first3=Bruce A. |last4=Trewick |first4=Steven A. |last5=Morgan-Richards |first5=Mary |pmid=28669812 }}{{WRMS species|137704|Colus Röding, 1798||29 August 2010}}

Evolution

Colus is related to the New Zealand genus Austrofusus.

Taxonomy

The name Colus is not available from Humphrey, 1797 (published in a work placed on the Official Index). Most recent authors use the name Colus {{small|Röding, 1798}} for the genus instead of Sipho {{small|Bruguière, 1792}}. Iredale (1919b) mentioned: "This name cannot be defended by anyone" and was rejected by the ICZN (Op. 21). Also Tritonofusus {{small|Beck, 1874}} cannot be used because of the rules of priority.

Species

Species within the genus Colus include:

;Taxon inquirendum:

; Species represented in the fossil record:

  • Colus altus
  • Colus gracilis
  • Colus hollboelli
  • Colus islandicus
  • Colus pygmaeus
  • Colus stimpsoni

Synonyms

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References

{{Reflist}}

  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296