Colus jeffreysianus

Colus jeffreysianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Colus
Species:	C. jeffreysianus
Binomial name
Colus jeffreysianus (Fischer P., 1868)
Synonyms
Colus howsei (J. T. Marshall, 1902) Fusus (Sipho) pupula Fischer P., 1883 Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877 Fusus consimilis Marshall, 1902 Fusus jeffreysianus Fischer P., 1868 Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848 Fusus propinquus var. howsei Marshall, 1902 Fusus propinquus var. laevis Marshall, 1902 Neptunia jeffreysiana (Fischer P., 1868) Neptunia jeffreysiana var. bicolor Locard, 1896 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. elongata Locard, 1896 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. major Locard, 1896 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. minor Locard, 1896 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. ventricosa Locard, 1896 Neptunia pupoidea Locard, 1897 Neptunia torra Locard, 1897 Sipho turritus (M. Sars, 1859) Siphonorbis marshalli Iredale, 1918 Tritonium turritum Sars M., 1859

Colus jeffreysianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.

Description

The length of the shell attains 58.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• Fischer P. (1868). Note sur les espèces du genre Fusus qui habitent les côtes océaniques de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie 16: 35-38
• Iredale T. (1918-1921). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and their solution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part 1, (1918) 1-2: 28-40 [agosto] part 2, (1921) 2
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Marshall J. T. (1901-1902). Additions to British Conchology. Part VI. Journal of Conchology, 10: 122-128 [October 1901]; 190-193
• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp

External links

• Jeffreys J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4)19: 317–339
• Fischer P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). Journal de Conchyliologie 30: 49-53 [1882, 273-277]
• Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)19: 317-339.
• Alder J. (1848). Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club (1848): 97-209
• Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897, p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18.]
• Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. (1858): 34-87
• Locard A. (1896) Mollusques testacés et brachiopodes, pp. 129-242, pl. 5-6, in: Koehler R. (1896) Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, 26
• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

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