Deep-Sea taxon details
Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786)
138902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138902)
accepted
Species
Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tritonium islandicum (Mohr, 1786) · unaccepted
marine
(of ) Mohr, N. (1786). Forsog til en Islandsk Naturhistorie, med adskillige oekonomiske samt andre Anmaerkninger. [Attempts at an Icelandic Natural History, with several economic and other notes.]. <em>C.F. Holm, Kiobenhavn (Copenhagen).</em> 414 pp., pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70331 [details]
Type locality contained in Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Distribution Range: 77°N to 36.8°N; 92°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada:...
Distribution Range: 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786). 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=138902 on 2026-01-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138902 on 2026-01-15
original description
(of ) Mohr, N. (1786). Forsog til en Islandsk Naturhistorie, med adskillige oekonomiske samt andre Anmaerkninger. [Attempts at an Icelandic Natural History, with several economic and other notes.]. <em>C.F. Holm, Kiobenhavn (Copenhagen).</em> 414 pp., pls. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.70331 [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 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 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 [details]Habitat bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Ijslandse slanke noordhorens | [details] |
| English | Islandic colus | [details] |
| German | Isländische Spindelschnecke | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Conchology (Colus islandicus GIANT)
To Conchology (Colus islandicus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colus islandicus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786) Norway, Finnmark, Gamvik)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium islandicum (Mohr, 1786))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Conchology (Colus islandicus GIANT)
To Conchology (Colus islandicus)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colus islandicus)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786) Norway, Finnmark, Gamvik)
To PESI (from synonym Tritonium islandicum (Mohr, 1786))
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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