Colubraria obscura
| Colubraria obscura | |
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| Several shells of Colubraria obscura (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. obscura |
| Binomial name | |
| Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Triton obscurus Reeve, 1844 | |
Colubraria obscura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution: Florida, USA, to Brazil; off Canary Islands, Cape Verdes, Angola, Mozambique; in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Red Sea; in the Western Pacific
References
- 1 2 Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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