Colus islandicus

Colus islandicus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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  • Tritonium (Fusus) islandicum (Mohr, 1786) superseded combination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)

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

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