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Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Colidae (Family)
  9. Colus (Genus)
  10. Colus gracilis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138899 on 2026-02-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138899 on 2026-02-16
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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/33685981 [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 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 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.; Koehler, R. (1896). Résultats scientifiques de le campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon.</em> 26: 129-242., 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
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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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]
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LanguageName 
Danish slank tensnegl  [details]
Dutch slanke noordhoren  [details]
English slender colusgraceful colus  [details]
German Schlanke SpindelschneckeRöhrenhorn  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Sipho glaber Verkrüzen, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Sipho gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Fusus gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colus gracilis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neptunia gracilis) (from synonym Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, De Hors, collecte... 
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) North Sea, Dogger Bank, live dredged, ex coll. J. T... 
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, off Brett... 
To Malacopics (Colus gracilis (da Costa, 1778) Norway, Trondheimfjord, Fevag, by dredging, collect... 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Buccinum gracile da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Fusus listeri Jonas, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Neptunia nicolloni Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Neptunia gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Fusus gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Sipho gracilis (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI (from synonym Fusus gracilis var. coulsoni H. K. Jordan, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Fusus gracilis var. belliana H. K. Jordan, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Fusus gracilis var. convoluta Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Sipho togatus var. frielei Harmer, 1914)
To PESI (from synonym Neptunia gracilis var. major Locard, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum var. striata Middendorff, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Sipho turgidulus var. minor Thorson, 1944)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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