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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

Genus: Colus

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59 species (see list below)
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Colus acosmius
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Colus adonis
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Colus altus
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Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific and the A

Colus aphelus(Dall, 1890)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Colus aphelus
[Oblique whelk]
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Colus aurantius
[Broad-cord whelk]
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Colus barbarinus
[Santa Barbara whelk]
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Colus bristolensis
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Colus brunneus
[Brown whelk]
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Colus caelatus
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Colus calathus
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Colus callorhinus
[Strombiform whelk]
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Colus capponius
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Colus clementinus
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Colus errones
[Wayward whelk]
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Colus esychus
[Esychus colus]
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Colus georgianus
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Colus glyptus
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Colus gracilis
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Colus griseus
[Gray whelk]
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Colus halibrectus
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Colus halidonus
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Colus halimeris
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Colus herendeenii
[Thin-ribbed whelk]
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Colus holboelli
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Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Colus holboellii
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Max. Length 7 cm DL
 
Colus holbolli
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Colus hunkinsi
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Colus incisus
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Coltro, Marcus

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 12 cm DL
Colus islandicus(Mohr, 1786)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colus islandicus
[Iceland whelk]

Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Atlantic and th

Colus jeffreysianus(Fischer, 1868)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colus jeffreysianus
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Colus jordani
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Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Colus latericeus
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Colus martensi
[Marten's whelk]
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Colus nobilis
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Colus obesus
[Plump whelk]
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Colus oceanodromae
[Seahorse whelk]
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Colus ombronius
[Shady whelk]
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Colus parvus
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Colus periscelidus
[Garter whelk]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Colus perminutus
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Max. Length 8 cm DL
 
Colus pubescens
[Hairy whelk]
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Colus pulcius
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Colus pygmaeus
[Pygmy whelk]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Colus rushii
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Colus sabini
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Colus sapius
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Colus severinus
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Colus stejnegeri
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Northern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 13 cm DL
Colus stimpsoni(Mørch, 1867)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Colus stimpsoni
[Stimpson's Colus]
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Colus syrtensis
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Colus tahwitanus
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Max. Length 5.8 cm DL
 
Colus terraenovae
[Ventricose whelk]
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Colus timetus
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Colus trombinus
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Colus trophius
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Max. Length 5.6 cm DL
 
Colus turgidulus
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Colus ventricosus
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Colus virens
[Green whelk]
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Colus virgulus
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