MolluscaBase taxon details
Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)
138899 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138899)
accepted
Species
Buccinum gracile da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Colus glaber (Verkrüzen, 1876) · unaccepted
Fusus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Fusus gracilis var. belliana H. K. Jordan, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus gracilis var. convoluta Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus gracilis var. coulsoni H. K. Jordan, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus listeri Jonas, 1846 · unaccepted
Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Neptunia gracilis var. major Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia nicolloni Locard, 1891 · unaccepted
Sipho glaber Verkrüzen, 1876 · unaccepted
Sipho gracilis (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Sipho gracilis var. glabra Verkrüzen, 1876 · unaccepted
Sipho togatus var. frielei Harmer, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sipho turgidulus var. minor Thorson, 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. striata Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Buccinum gracile da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details] 
Distribution Colus gracilis as well as C. islandicus were imported from northern parts by fishers.
Taxonomy Colus curtus (Jeffreys, 1867) and Colus cordatus (Bell, 1871) are Plio-Pleistenean species which could be confused with...
Distribution Colus gracilis as well as C. islandicus were imported from northern parts by fishers. [details]
Taxonomy Colus curtus (Jeffreys, 1867) and Colus cordatus (Bell, 1871) are Plio-Pleistenean species which could be confused with...
Taxonomy Colus curtus (Jeffreys, 1867) and Colus cordatus (Bell, 1871) are Plio-Pleistenean species which could be confused with Colus gracilis (see Dumoulin, 1982). [details]
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original description
(of Buccinum gracile da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details]
original description (of Fusus listeri Jonas, 1846) Jonas, J. H. (1846). Molluskologische Beiträge. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 1: 99-130, pls 7-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33685989 [details]
original description (of Sipho glaber Verkrüzen, 1876) Kobelt, W. (1876). Beiträge zur arctischen Fauna. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 3: 61-76, 165-180, 371-373., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296331
page(s): 174, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Neptunia nicolloni Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Notices Conchyliologiques. XIII. Sur une espece nouvelle du genre Neptunia. <em>L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne.</em> 7(77): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36676596
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. belliana H. K. Jordan, 1890) Jordan, H. K. (1890). On the species and varieties of the genus <i>Fusus</i>, which inhabit the seas surrounding the British Isles. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(7): 225-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566991
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. convoluta Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. 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. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Sipho togatus var. frielei Harmer, 1914) Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details]
original description (of Neptunia gracilis var. major Locard, 1896) Locard, A.; Koehler, R. (1896). Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 129-242., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. coulsoni H. K. Jordan, 1890) Jordan, H. K. (1890). On the species and varieties of the genus <i>Fusus</i>, which inhabit the seas surrounding the British Isles. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(7): 225-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566991
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. striata Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 472, pl. 4, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Sipho turgidulus var. minor Thorson, 1944) Thorson, G. (1944). The Zoology of East Greenland. Marine Gastropoda Prosobranchiata. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> 121(13): 1-181. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Fusus listeri Jonas, 1846) Jonas, J. H. (1846). Molluskologische Beiträge. <em>Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg.</em> 1: 99-130, pls 7-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33685989 [details]
original description (of Sipho glaber Verkrüzen, 1876) Kobelt, W. (1876). Beiträge zur arctischen Fauna. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 3: 61-76, 165-180, 371-373., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296331
page(s): 174, pl. 3 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Neptunia nicolloni Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Notices Conchyliologiques. XIII. Sur une espece nouvelle du genre Neptunia. <em>L'Echange, Revue Linnéenne.</em> 7(77): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36676596
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. belliana H. K. Jordan, 1890) Jordan, H. K. (1890). On the species and varieties of the genus <i>Fusus</i>, which inhabit the seas surrounding the British Isles. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(7): 225-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566991
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. convoluta Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. 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. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Sipho togatus var. frielei Harmer, 1914) Harmer F.W. (1914-1918). The Pliocene Mollusca of Great Britain, being supplementary to S.V. Wood's monograph of the Crag Mollusca. Vol. 1. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 67(330): 1-200, pl. 1-24 (part 1, February 1914); 68(333): 201-302, pl. 25-32 (part 2, July 1915); 70 (337): 303- 461, pl. 33-44 (part 3, February 1918); 71(341): i-xii, 463-483 (part 4, April 1919)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36965666 [details]
original description (of Neptunia gracilis var. major Locard, 1896) Locard, A.; Koehler, R. (1896). Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 129-242., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839 [details]
original description (of Fusus gracilis var. coulsoni H. K. Jordan, 1890) Jordan, H. K. (1890). On the species and varieties of the genus <i>Fusus</i>, which inhabit the seas surrounding the British Isles. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(7): 225-239., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566991
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. striata Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 472, pl. 4, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Sipho turgidulus var. minor Thorson, 1944) Thorson, G. (1944). The Zoology of East Greenland. Marine Gastropoda Prosobranchiata. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> 121(13): 1-181. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> supplement 1: 121-296., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/140763 [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Colus gracilis as well as C. islandicus were imported from northern parts by fishers. [details]Taxonomy Colus curtus (Jeffreys, 1867) and Colus cordatus (Bell, 1871) are Plio-Pleistenean species which could be confused with Colus gracilis (see Dumoulin, 1982). [details]
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, De Hors, collected 1936-05-00, ex coll. A. Slabber .)
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) North Sea, Dogger Bank, live dredged, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, off Brettingsnes, among small rocks and coral debris, at 50-300 m depth, collected 19th August 1967, ex coll. ...
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Trondheimfjord, Fevag, by dredging, collected 1973-08-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) North Sea, Dogger Bank, live dredged, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, off Brettingsnes, among small rocks and coral debris, at 50-300 m depth, collected 19th August 1967, ex coll. ...
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Trondheimfjord, Fevag, by dredging, collected 1973-08-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To ITIS
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