Colubraria

Colubraria
Five views of a shell of Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Colubraria
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Epidromus Mörch, 1852 (not available from Agassiz, 1846)
  • Obex Iredale, 1925
  • Roquesia Petuch, 2013
Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)

Colubraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae.[1] Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Colubraria include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Colubraria Schumacher, 1817.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2010.
  2. Debelius, H. 2001. Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide IKAN, Germany
  3. WoRMS : Colubraria; accessed : 3 November 2010
  4. Colubraria canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  5. Colubraria clathrata (Sowerby, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. Colubraria latericium Bozzetti, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. Colubraria maculosa Gmelin, 1790.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  8. Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  9. Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  10. Colubraria pulchrafuscata Dekkers, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  11. Colubraria suduirauti Parth, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  12. Colubraria tchangsii Ma X. & Zhang S., 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  13. Colubraria testacea Morch.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  14. Colubraria tumida Ma X. & Zhang S., 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  15. Colubraria antiquata .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  16. Colubraria antillana Sarasúa, 1978.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  17. Colubraria digitalis Reeve, 1844.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  18. Colubraria reticulata (de Blainville, 1829).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

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