WoRMS taxon details
Colus pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841)
160214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160214)
accepted
Species
Fusus islandicus var. pygmaeus A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Fusus trumbulli Linsley, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sipho pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sipho pygmaeus var. planulus A. E. Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Siphonorbis pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fusus islandicus var. pygmaeus A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 284, Fig. 119 [details]
page(s): 284, Fig. 119 [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colus pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160214 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fusus trumbulli Linsley, 1845) Linsley, J. H. 1845. Catalogue of the shells of Connecticut. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts</em> 48: 271-286 , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30961068 [details]
original description (of Fusus islandicus var. pygmaeus A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 284, Fig. 119 [details]
original description (of Sipho pygmaeus var. planulus A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 505 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Fusus islandicus var. pygmaeus A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 284, Fig. 119 [details]
original description (of Sipho pygmaeus var. planulus A. E. Verrill, 1882) Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 505 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 25 mm [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to off North Carolina [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pygmy whelk | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Conchology (Colus pygmaeus)
To Malacopics (Colus pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841) United States, Massachusetts, off Nantucket, George...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032459)
To ITIS
To Conchology (Colus pygmaeus)
To Malacopics (Colus pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841) United States, Massachusetts, off Nantucket, George...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032459)
To ITIS
