Colidae Explained

The Colidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, belonging to the superfamily Buccinoidea.^[1]

Genera

• Colus Röding, 1798
• Kryptos Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
• Turrisipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912

Synonyms:

• Atractus Agassiz, 1839: synonym of Colus Röding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Atractus Wagler, 1828 [Reptilia]; also junior objective synonym of Colus)
• Colicryptus Iredale, 1918: synonym of Turrisipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912
• Sipho Mörch, 1852: synonym of Colus Röding, 1798
• Siphonorbis Mörch, 1869: synonym of Colus Röding, 1798
• Tritonofusus Beck, 1847: synonym of Colus Röding, 1798 (junior objective synonym of Colus)

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. (Gastropoda). British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp.
• Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194: 789-857.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Colidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522115 on 2022-11-19