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Colus stimpsoni

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Colus stimpsoni
Colus stimpsoni shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colidae
Genus: Colus
Species:
C. stimpsoni
Binomial name
Colus stimpsoni
(Mørch, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Fusus curtus Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Fusus...)
  • Fusus solidulus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 (preoccupied)
  • Fusus stimpsonii Mörch, 1870 (original combination)
  • Fusus striatus Reeve, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of Fusus striatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Neptunea (Sipho) arata Verrill, 1880 ·
  • Neptunea arata Verrill, 1880
  • Sipho stimpsoni var. brevis Verrill, 1882 d
  • Sipho stimpsonii (Mörch, 1868)
  • Sipho stimpsonii var. liratulus Verrill, 1882
  • Tritonofusus stimpsoni (Mörch, 1868)

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]

Description

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Distribution

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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]

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