Colus islandicus

Colus islandicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.^[1]

Subspecies

• Colus islandicus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
• Colus islandicus subangulosus Paulmier, 2020

Colus islandicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Colus
Species:	C. islandicus
Binomial name
Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
Synonyms
Euthria obesa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1880) (dubious synonym) Fusus islandicus (Mohr, 1786) Fusus islandicus Chemnitz, 1780 (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1) Fusus obesus G. B. Sowerby II, 1880 Murex islandicus Mohr, 1786 (original combination) Neptunia islandica (Mohr, 1786) Neptunia islandica var. gallica Locard, 1896 Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786) superseded combination Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. sulcata Middendorff, 1849 Tritonium islandicum (Mohr, 1786)

Description

• The length of the shell attains 135 mm.

Distribution

Distribution range of this marine species: 77°N to 36.8°N; 92°W to 0°W.

Distribution:

• Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland;
• Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec;
• USA: Massachusetts, New York, Virginia