Colus kujianus explained

Colus kujianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off of eastern Honshu, Japan, at depths of about 170 meters.^[2]

References

• Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.
• Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp

External links

• Tiba R. (1973). Descriptions of Two New Species of the Genus Colus (Buccinidae). Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 32(3): 65-69

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Colus kujianus Tiba, 1973. www.marinespecies.org. en. 2017-11-30.
2. Guldin. Vladimir. 2009. Review of the Shell-bearing Gastropods in the Russian Waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). III. Caenogastropoda: Neogastropoda. The Korean Journal of Malacology. 3. 4. Korea Science.