MolluscaBase taxon details
Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868)
138903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138903)
accepted
Species
Colus howsei (J. T. Marshall, 1902) · unaccepted
Fusus (Sipho) pupula P. Fischer, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus consimilis J. T. Marshall, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Fusus jeffreysianus P. Fischer, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848 · unaccepted (non Münster, 1844)
Fusus propinquus var. howsei J. T. Marshall, 1902 · unaccepted
Fusus propinquus var. laevis J. T. Marshall, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia jeffreysiana (P. Fischer, 1868) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neptunia jeffreysiana var. bicolor Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia jeffreysiana var. elongata Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia jeffreysiana var. major Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia jeffreysiana var. minor Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia jeffreysiana var. ventricosa Locard, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia pupoidea Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neptunia torra Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sipho turritus (M. Sars, 1859) · unaccepted
Siphonorbis marshalli Iredale, 1918 · unaccepted (synonym)
Siphonorbis turritus (M. Sars, 1859) · unaccepted
Tritonium turritum M. Sars, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Fusus jeffreysianus P. Fischer, 1868) Fischer, P. (1868). Note sur les espèces du genre <i>Fusus</i> qui habitent les côtes océaniques de la France. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 35-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135230
page(s): 35-38 [details]
page(s): 35-38 [details]
Distribution Not common around British Isles, though more often encountered off south - west coasts
Distribution Not common around British Isles, though more often encountered off south - west coasts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138903 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Fusus consimilis J. T. Marshall, 1902) Marshall, J. T. (1901). Additions to British Conchology [Part 6]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 122-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649942 [details]
original description (of Fusus jeffreysianus P. Fischer, 1868) Fischer, P. (1868). Note sur les espèces du genre <i>Fusus</i> qui habitent les côtes océaniques de la France. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 35-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135230
page(s): 35-38 [details]
original description (of Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848) Alder J. (1848). Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <i>Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club (1848)</i>: 97-209, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33670077 [details]
original description (of Fusus (Sipho) pupula P. Fischer, 1883) Fischer, P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 49-53 [31 May 1882]; 30(4): 273-277 [22 March 1883]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222876
page(s): 274 [details]
original description (of Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Neptunia pupoidea Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 363-365, pl. 17 fig. 26-28 [details]
original description (of Neptunia torra Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 361-363, pl. 17 fig. 21-25 [details]
original description (of Siphonorbis marshalli Iredale, 1918) Iredale, T. (1918-1921). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and their solution. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part 1.</em> (1918) 1-2: 28-40 [agosto].
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Tritonium turritum M. Sars, 1859) Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000 [details]
original description (of Fusus propinquus var. howsei J. T. Marshall, 1902) Marshall, J. T. (1901). Additions to British Conchology [Part 6]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 122-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649942 [details]
original description (of Neptunia jeffreysiana var. minor 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. bicolor 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. elongata 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. ventricosa 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]
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 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Colman, J. G.; Tyler, P. A. (1988). The egg capsules of<i>Colus jeffreysianus</i>(Fischer, 1868) (Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda) from the Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic. <em>Sarsia.</em> 73(2): 139-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1988.10420680 [details]
additional source Kobelt, W. (1876-1881). <i>Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch</i>. Bd 1. Lieferung 1: 1-40, pl. 1-10 (November 1876); Lieferung 2: 41-64, pl. 11-20 (November/December 1877); Lieferung 3: 65-88, pl. 21-30 (February/March 1878); Lieferung 4: 89-104, pl. 31-40 (May 1878); Lieferung 5: i-xvi, 105-144, pl. 41-50 (May 1878). Bd 2. Lieferung 6: 145-176, pl. 51-60 (June/July 1879); Lieferung 7/8: 177-264, pl. 61-80 (1879); Lieferung 9: 265-312, pl. 81-90 (September/October 1880); Lieferung 10: 313-344, pl. 91-100 (April 1881); Lieferung 11: 345-392, pl. 101-112 (October 1881). Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11092#/summary [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Fusus jeffreysianus P. Fischer, 1868) Fischer, P. (1868). Note sur les espèces du genre <i>Fusus</i> qui habitent les côtes océaniques de la France. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 35-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135230
page(s): 35-38 [details]
original description (of Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848) Alder J. (1848). Catalogue of the Mollusca of Northumberland and Durham. <i>Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club (1848)</i>: 97-209, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33670077 [details]
original description (of Fusus (Sipho) pupula P. Fischer, 1883) Fischer, P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 49-53 [31 May 1882]; 30(4): 273-277 [22 March 1883]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222876
page(s): 274 [details]
original description (of Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944
page(s): 326 [details]
original description (of Neptunia pupoidea Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 363-365, pl. 17 fig. 26-28 [details]
original description (of Neptunia torra Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1, p. 361-363, pl. 17 fig. 21-25 [details]
original description (of Siphonorbis marshalli Iredale, 1918) Iredale, T. (1918-1921). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and their solution. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part 1.</em> (1918) 1-2: 28-40 [agosto].
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Tritonium turritum M. Sars, 1859) Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1858: 34-87., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=mCkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60182000 [details]
original description (of Fusus propinquus var. howsei J. T. Marshall, 1902) Marshall, J. T. (1901). Additions to British Conchology [Part 6]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 122-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649942 [details]
original description (of Neptunia jeffreysiana var. minor 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. bicolor 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. elongata 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana 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 Neptunia jeffreysiana var. ventricosa 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]
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 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Colman, J. G.; Tyler, P. A. (1988). The egg capsules of<i>Colus jeffreysianus</i>(Fischer, 1868) (Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda) from the Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic. <em>Sarsia.</em> 73(2): 139-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1988.10420680 [details]
additional source Kobelt, W. (1876-1881). <i>Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch</i>. Bd 1. Lieferung 1: 1-40, pl. 1-10 (November 1876); Lieferung 2: 41-64, pl. 11-20 (November/December 1877); Lieferung 3: 65-88, pl. 21-30 (February/March 1878); Lieferung 4: 89-104, pl. 31-40 (May 1878); Lieferung 5: i-xvi, 105-144, pl. 41-50 (May 1878). Bd 2. Lieferung 6: 145-176, pl. 51-60 (June/July 1879); Lieferung 7/8: 177-264, pl. 61-80 (1879); Lieferung 9: 265-312, pl. 81-90 (September/October 1880); Lieferung 10: 313-344, pl. 91-100 (April 1881); Lieferung 11: 345-392, pl. 101-112 (October 1881). Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11092#/summary [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors





Unreviewed
Distribution Not common around British Isles, though more often encountered off south - west coasts [details]
To Conchology (Colus jeffreysianus)
To GB Mollusca Types (Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:HANM.01769) (from synonym Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868) North Sea, Viking Bank)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868) Spain, Andalucía, Malaga, off Malaga)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P.Fischer,1868) North Sea, English Klondike, 57.30 N 3.10 E)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877 USNM 192270) (from synonym Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fusus attenuatus Syntype USNM 192270) (from synonym Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877)
To ITIS
To GB Mollusca Types (Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:HANM.01769) (from synonym Fusus propinquus Alder, 1848)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868) North Sea, Viking Bank)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P. Fischer, 1868) Spain, Andalucía, Malaga, off Malaga)
To Malacopics (Colus jeffreysianus (P.Fischer,1868) North Sea, English Klondike, 57.30 N 3.10 E)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877 USNM 192270) (from synonym Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fusus attenuatus Syntype USNM 192270) (from synonym Fusus attenuatus Jeffreys, 1877)
To ITIS