Colus stimpsoni, common name the Stimpson's colus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Colidae |
| Genus: | Colus |
| Species: | C. stimpsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Colus stimpsoni (Mørch, 1868)
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
The species has been found in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, and various other gulfs situated about the western shores of northern America.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Colus stimpsoni (Mørch, 1868). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links edit
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- Mörch, O. A. L. (1870). Fauna Molluscorum Islandiae. Oversigt over Islands Blöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 1868 (11-13): 185-229.
- L. A. (1847-1848). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pls 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Sowerby, G. B. II. (1880). Monograph of the genus Fusus. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (35-36): 69–97, pl. 406–417bis. London, privately published
- Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 (1862). Vol. 2: pp. 479 (1864). Vol. 3: pp. 394 (1865). Vol. 4: pp. 487 (1867). Vol. 5: pp. 259 (1869) London, van Voorst
- Verrill, A.E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58
- [httpsVerrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc., collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 3: 356-409]://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456
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