Colus islandicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]

Colus islandicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colidae
Genus: Colus
Species:
C. islandicus
Binomial name
Colus islandicus
(Mohr, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Euthria obesa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880) (dubious synonym)
  • Fusus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
  • Fusus islandicus Chemnitz, 1780 (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  • Fusus obesus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880
  • Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786 (original combination)
  • Neptunia islandica (Mohr, 1786)
  • Neptunia islandica var. gallica Locard, 1896
  • Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786) superseded combination
  • Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. sulcata Middendorff, 1849
  • Tritonium islandicum (Mohr, 1786)
Subspecies
  • Colus islandicus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
  • Colus islandicus subangulosus Paulmier, 2020

Description

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  • The length of the shell attains 135 mm.

Distribution

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Distribution range of this marine species: 77°N to 36.8°N; 92°W to 0°W.

Distribution:

  • Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland;
  • Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec;
  • USA: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia

References

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  • Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
  • 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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