Microcolus

Microcolus
Microcolus
Microcolus dunkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fasciolariinae
Genus: Microcolus
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
Type species
Fusus dunkeri Jonas, 1846

Microcolus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Microcolus include:

Microcolus dunkeri, abapertural view

References

  1. ^ Pleia Finlay, 1930.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445994 on 04/18/10.
  2. ^ a b Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper, Distribution and Stratigraphic Utility of Cenozoic Molluscan Faunas in Southern Australia, Science reports of the Tohoku University. 2nd series, Geology. Special volume = 東北大学理科報告. 地質学, 1973
  3. ^ WoRMS : Microcolus
  4. ^ Geography and Geo Information Science, vol.21 (5), September 2005 (in Chinese)
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