Colus

Colus
Two shells of Colus islandicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Colus
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Sipho Mörch, 1852
  • Siphonorbis Mörch, 1869
  • Tritonofusus Beck, 1847

Colus (lat. colus, distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Colus include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Colus Röding, 1798.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137704 on 29 August 2010.