''Collonista'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s in the
family
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Colloniidae
Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Colloniidae Cossmann, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
.
Species
, the
World Register of Marine Species
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accepts 20 species within the genus ''Collonista'':
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Collonista amakusaensis''
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Collonista arsinoensis''
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Collonista costulosa''
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Collonista crassilirata''
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Collonista delecta''
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Collonista eroopolitana''
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Collonista glareosa''
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Collonista granulosa''
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Collonista hoatkoe''
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Collonista jucunda''
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Collonista kreipli''
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Collonista lenticula''
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Collonista miltochrista''
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Collonista picta
''Collonista'' is a genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Colloniidae.
Species
, the World Register of Marine Species accepts 20 species within the genus ''Collonista'':
* ''Collonista amakusaensis''
* ''Collonista arsinoensis''
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Collonista purpurata''
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Collonista rubricincta''
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Collonista solida''
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Collonista thachi''
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Collonista verruca
''Collonista verruca'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Collonista verruca (Gould, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.ma ...
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Collonista viridula''
References
* Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined''. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
* Huang S.-I, Fu I-F. & Poppe G.T. (2016). ''Taiwanese and Philippine Colloniidae. Nomenclatural remarks and the description of 17 new species (Gastropoda: Colloniidae).'' Visaya. 4(5): 4-42
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