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Colus kroyeri  (Möller, 1842)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 205081

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Plicifusus kroyeri (Möller, 1842)
  
    Plicifusus arcticus (Philippi, 1850)
  
    Plicifusus johanseni Dall, 1919
  
  Common Name(s): Arctic whelk [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - minimum standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         SuperorderPeogastropoda   
                            OrderNeogastropoda   
                               SuperfamilyBuccinoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                  FamilyBuccinidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                     GenusColus Röding, 1798  
                                        SpeciesColus kroyeri (Möller, 1842) – Arctic whelk  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Colus kroyeri   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Higo, Shun'ichi, Paul Callomon, and Yoshihiro Goto  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing mollusca of Japan: gastropoda, bivalvia, polyplacophora, scaphopoda   
  Page(s): 749   
  Publisher: Elle Scientific Publications   
  Publication Place: Osaka-fu, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 4-901172-01-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Colus kroyeri   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Colus kroyeri   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
    East Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: The position of kroyeri Möller 1842 appears to be unresolved in the literature. Turgeon et al. (1998) place it in Colus (where Plicifusus would then be a subgenus), but Higo et al. (1999) retain it in the full genus Plicifusus (of which it is the type species)  
 

 

    

 
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