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Colus jeffreysianus

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Colus jeffreysianus
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 58.3 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  • 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
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