Colus pygmaeus

Colus pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Colus
Species: C. pygmaeus
Binomial name
Colus pygmaeus
(Gould, 1841)

Colus pygmaeus, common name the pygmy whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

References

  1. Colus pygmaeus (Gould, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

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