Colus precursor Hickman 1980 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112

Belongs to Colus according to C. S. Hickman 1980

Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, Colus pygmaeus, Colus rearensis, Colus sekiuensis, Colus stimpsoni, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus), Tritonofusus fortunasensis

Type specimen: USNM 251388, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15268) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Columbia (USGS 15268) - Hickman (1980)

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