WoRMS taxon details

Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)

138899  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138899)

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(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]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution  Colus gracilis as well as C. islandicus were imported from northern parts by fishers.  
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138899 on 2024-03-19
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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]  OpenAccess publication 

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 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 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 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 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. (1896) Mollusques testacés et brachiopodes, pp. 129-242, pl. 5-6, in: Koehler R. (1896) Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <i>Annales de l'Université de Lyon</i>, 26. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42101839 [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  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
LanguageName 
Danish slank tensnegl  [details]
Dutch slanke noordhoren  [details]
English slender colusgraceful colus  [details]
German Schlanke SpindelschneckeRöhrenhorn  [details]