{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Microcolus dunkeri 001.jpg | image_caption = ''Microcolus dunkeri'' | taxon = Microcolus | authority = Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = ''Fusus dunkeri'' Jonas, 1846 }}
'''''Microcolus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|445994|''Pleia'' Finlay, 1930||04/18/10}}</ref> ==Species== Species within the genus ''Microcolus'' include: * ''Microcolus apiciliratus'' <ref name="Ludbrook">{{Cite web |url=http://ir.library.tohoku.ac.jp/re/handle/10097/28982 |title=Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper, Distribution and Stratigraphic Utility of Cenozoic Molluscan Faunas in Southern Australia, Science reports of the Tohoku University. 2nd series, Geology. Special volume <nowiki>=</nowiki> 東北大学理科報告. 地質学, 1973 |access-date=2010-08-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219071359/http://ir.library.tohoku.ac.jp/re/handle/10097/28982 |archive-date=2012-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''Microcolus dunkeri'' (Jonas, 1846) <ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446071 WoRMS : Microcolus]</ref> *'' Microcolus transennus'' <ref name="Ludbrook" /> * ''Microcolus vaginatus'' <ref>[http://seekspace.resip.ac.cn/bitstream/2239/1934/1/%E5%87%86%E5%99%B6%E5%B0%94%E7%9B%86%E5%9C%B0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B0%94%E7%8F%AD%E9%80%9A%E5%8F%A4%E7%89%B9%E6%B2%99%E6%BC%A0%E7%94%9F%E7%89%A9%E7%BB%93%E7%9A%AE%E8%93%9D%E8%97%BB%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6.pdf Geography and Geo Information Science, vol.21 (5), September 2005 (in Chinese)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707013207/http://seekspace.resip.ac.cn/bitstream/2239/1934/1/%E5%87%86%E5%99%B6%E5%B0%94%E7%9B%86%E5%9C%B0%E5%8F%A4%E5%B0%94%E7%8F%AD%E9%80%9A%E5%8F%A4%E7%89%B9%E6%B2%99%E6%BC%A0%E7%94%9F%E7%89%A9%E7%BB%93%E7%9A%AE%E8%93%9D%E8%97%BB%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6.pdf |date=2011-07-07 }}</ref> thumb|''Microcolus dunkeri'', abapertural view
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Category:Fasciolariidae Category:Taxa named by Frank Kempson Godfrey Category:Taxa named by Bernard Charles Cotton
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