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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Colus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842)


Range: 77°N to 47°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 475 m (live 6 to 144 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85  mm

Synonymy

Sipho kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) 
Tritonofusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) 
Fusus kroeyeri Möller, 1842
Plicifusus kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) 
Parasipho kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) 
Neptunea kroeyeri (Möller, 1842) 
Buccinum cretaceum auct. non Reeve, 1847
Sipho propinquus auct. non Alder, 1848
Fusus arcticus Philippi, 1850
Fusus major Mörch, 1869
Fusus pumilio Mörch, 1869
Fusus grossestriatus Aurivillius, 1885
Plicifusus johanseni Dall, 1919

Details


Fusus kröyeri Möller, 1842a, p. 88
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 77°N to 52°N; 130°W to 0°W
Depth: 6 to 475 m (live 6 to 144 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec
References: Matthew (1874); Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Thorson (1944) dlN{M}; Macpherson (1971) L{DdlN}SEW; Clarke (1974) D; Bouchet & Warén (1985) cT; Schiötte & Warén (1992) {M}
Comments: The spelling kroyeri might be preferred, depending on interpretation of ICZN Article 32.5.2.1 (Kröyer was not German).
Combining Genera:  Neptunea Parasipho Plicifusus Sipho Tritonofusus

Fusus arcticus Philippi, 1850b, p. 119, pl. 5, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mare glaciale ad insulam Spitzbergen
Range: 60°N
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Buccinum cretaceum auct. non Reeve, 1847, 
[Not available]
Range: 56°N to 47°N
Depth: 55 to 110 m
References: Macpherson (1971) s
Comments: Misidentification; B. cretaceum is a synonym of Xymene ambiguus from New Zealand fide Cernohorsky (1977).

Fusus grossestriatus Aurivillius, 1885, 
[Synonym]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Plicifusus johanseni Dall, 1919c, p. 21A, pl. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Point Barrow and Icy Cape, Alaska
Maximum Reported Size: 52 mm
References: Dall (1919c) M; Macpherson (1971) s

Fusus (Tritonofusus) kroyeri var. ? major Mörch, 1869b, p. 19, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s

Sipho propinquus auct. non Alder, 1848, 
[Not available]
References: Wiese & Richling (1997) s
Comments: Misidentification by Möbius (1874).

Fusus pumila sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for pumilio by Bouchet & Warén (1985).

Fusus (Tritonofusus) kroyeri var. ß pumilio Mörch, 1869b, p. 19, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bellsound, Spitzberg, 5-15 brasses
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1919. The Mollusca of the Arctic Coast of America collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition west from Bathurst INlet with an appended report on a collection of Pleistocene fossil Mollusca Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 8A 1A-29A, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: 24 Sep 1919.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1869. Catalogue des Mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette la Recherche en juin 1838 Mémoires de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4 7-32.
Philippi, R. A. 1850. Fusus Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 3 115-120, pl. 5. [Stated date: -- Sep 1850.]

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