''Colina pinguis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae, common name the cerithiids or ceriths, is a large family of medium-sized marine gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Distribution
Ceriths are found worldwide on sandy bottoms, reef flats or coral reef rock covered with sand ...
.
There is one subspecies: ''Colina pinguis madagascariensis'' Bozzetti, 2008
Description
Distribution
References
* Jousseaume F. (1931
1930" ''Cerithiidae de la Mer Rouge''. Journal de Conchyliologie 74(4): 270–296.
osthumous work edited by E. Lamy; Published 9 February 1931* Houbrick R.S. (1990) ''Review of the genus Colina H. and A. Adams, 1854 (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia)''. The Nautilus 104(2): 35–52.
September 1990
External links
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Cerithiidae
Gastropods described in 1855
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