''Colina'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large taxonomic family, family of medium-sized marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or co ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Colina'' include:
* ''
Colina arifi''
Bozzetti, 2011
* ''
Colina ciclostoma''
Bozzetti, 2008
* ''
Colina lorenzi''
Bozzetti, 2018
* ''
Colina macrostoma''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''
Colina madagascariensis''
Bozzetti, 2008
* ''
Colina pinguis''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* ''
Colina selecta''
Melvill & Standen, 1898
; Synonyms :
* Subgenus ''Colina (Ischnocerithium)''
Thiele, 1929: synonym of ''
Cerithium''
Bruguière, 1789
* ''Colina (Ischnocerithium) rostrata''
(A. Adams in G.B. Sowerby II, 1855) : synonym of ''
Cerithium rostratum''
A. Adams in G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
* ''Colina perimensis''
Jousseaume, 1931: synonym of ''Colina pinguis''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* ''Colina pupiformis''
A. Adams, 1854 : synonym of ''Colina macrostoma''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''Colina pygmaea''
H. Adams, 1867 : synonym of ''Colina macrostoma''
(Hinds, 1844)
;Nomen dubium
* ''Colina gracilis''
H. Adams, 1866 (nomen dubium)
References
External links
Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 plsHoubrick, R. S. (1990). Review of the genus Colina H. and A. Adams, 1854 (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Nautilus. 104(2): 35-52
Cerithiidae
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