''Colubraria'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Colubrariidae
Colubrariidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2010). Colubrariidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Access ...
.
Members of this genus lack a
radula
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and feed by sucking blood from fish.
[Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' IKAN, Germany]
Species
Species within the genus ''Colubraria'' include:
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Colubraria acroincisa
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
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Colubraria albometulaformis
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Dekkers, 2007
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Colubraria brinkae
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Parth, 1992
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Colubraria buitendijki
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Bayer, 1933
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Colubraria canariensis
''Colubraria canariensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae
Colubrariidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
Bouchet, ...
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Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
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Colubraria ceylonensis
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Sowerby I, 1833
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Colubraria clathrata''
(Sowerby I, 1833)
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Colubraria cumingi
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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(Dohrn, 1861)
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Colubraria eugenei
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Bozzetti & Lussi, 1991
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Colubraria gilberti''
D. Monsecour & Dekker, 2014
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Colubraria harryleei
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2011
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Colubraria jordani
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Strong, 1938
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Colubraria kathiewayana
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Fittkau & Parth, 1993
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Colubraria latericium
''Colubraria latericium'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 60.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar
Madagascar (; m ...
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Bozzetti, 2008
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Colubraria lucasensis
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Strong & Hertlein, 1937
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Colubraria maculosa
''Colubraria maculosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
Distribution
This species is found in the seas around Madagascar and Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link= ...
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Gmelin, 1790
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Colubraria margarethae
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2011
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Colubraria mulveyana
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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(Iredale, 1925)
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Colubraria muricata
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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(Lightfoot, 1786)
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Colubraria myuna
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Garrard, 1961
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Colubraria neozelanica
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' ...
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Maxwell, 1966
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Colubraria nitidula
''Colubraria nitidula'', common name the shiny dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The length of shell varies between 20 mm and 66 mm.
Distribution
This mari ...
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(Sowerby I, 1833)
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Colubraria obscura''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Colubraria ochsneri
''Colubraria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.Debelius, H. 2001. ''Nudibranchs and Sea Snails Indo-Pacific Field Guide'' I ...
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Hertlein & Allison, 1968
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Colubraria procera''
(Sowerby I, 1832)
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Colubraria ralliserra''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
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Colubraria reticosa''
A. Adams, 1870
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Colubraria rolli''
Parth, 1992
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Colubraria sowerbii''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Colubraria springsteeni''
Parth, 1991
* ''
Colubraria suduirauti''
Parth, 1999
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Colubraria sutherlandi''
Beu, 1973
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Colubraria tchangsii''
Ma X. & Zhang S., 2000
* ''
Colubraria tenera''
Gray, 1839
* ''
Colubraria testacea''
(Morch, 1854)
* ''
Colubraria tortuosa''
(Reeve, 1844)
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Colubraria tumida''
Ma X. & Zhang S., 2000
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Colubraria antiquata'': synonym of ''
Tritonoharpa antiquata'' (Hinds in Reeve, 1844)
* ''Colubraria antillana'' Sarasúa, 1978: synonym of ''
Cumia antillana'' (Sarasúa, 1978)
* ''Colubraria brazieri'' (Angas, 1869) : synonym of ''
Cumia brazieri
''Cumia brazieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies .
Description
The shell size is up to 70 mm
Distribution
This species occurs of ...
'' (Angas, 1869)
* ''Colubraria castanea'' Kuroda & Habe, 1952: synonym of ''
Colubraria tenera'' (Gray, 1839)
* ''Colubraria digitalis'' Reeve, 1844: synonym of ''
Maculotriton serriale'' (Deshayes, 1834)
* ''Colubraria janlochi'' Parth, 1991: synonym of ''
Cumia janlochi'' (Parth, 1991)
* ''Colubraria pulchrafuscata''
Dekkers, 2007: synonym of ''
Colubraria springsteeni''
Parth, 1991
* ''Colubraria reticulata'' (de Blainville, 1829):
synonym of ''
Cumia reticulata
''Cumia reticulata'',Bouchet, P. (2010). Cumia reticulata (Blainville, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527497 on 2017-11-15 common name ...
'' (Blainville, 1829)
* ''Colubraria sunderlandi'' Petuch, 1995: synonym of ''
Cumia sunderlandi'' (Petuch, 1995)
* ''Colubraria vexillata'' (Dall, 1908): synonym of ''
Tritonoharpa vexillata'' Dall, 1908
References
External links
ICZN 1993. Opinion 1765. Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 159-161
Colubrariidae
Gastropod genera
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