Colubraria nitidula

Colubraria nitidula
Several shells of Colubraria nitidula (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Colubraria
Species: C. nitidula
Binomial name
Colubraria nitidula
(Sowerby I, 1833)
Synonyms

Triton nitidulus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (original combination)

Colubraria nitidula, common name the shiny dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

Description

The length of shell varies between 20 mm and 66 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northern Transkei, South Africa; in the Indo-West Pacific (off Mauritius, Aldabra, Mascarene Basin)

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