''Collonia'' is a
genus
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of small
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 with
calcareous
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In zoology
''Calcare ...
opercula,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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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
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient linea ...
.
[WoRMS (2012). ''Collonia'' Gray, 1850. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225659 on 2013-02-10
Species
Species within the genus ''Collonia'' include:
* ''
Collonia admissa
''Collonia admissa'' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous operculum (gastropod), opercula, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Colloniidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Collonia admissa'' (E. A. Smith, ...
''
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Collonia donghaiensis''
Dong, 1982
* ''
Collonia granulosa
''Artiscollonia granulosa'' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.Herbert D.G. (1996) A critical review of the trochoidean types in the Muséumd'Histoire naturelle, Bordea ...
''
Pease, 1868
* ''
Collonia incerta''
(E. A. Smith, 1890)
;The following species were brought into synonymy:
* ''Collonia gestroi''
Caramagna, 1888: synonym of ''
Yaronia gestroi''
(Caramagna, 1888)
* ''Collonia maculosa''
Pease, 1868: synonym of ''
Homalopoma maculosa
''Homalopoma maculosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.
Description
The white shell is small, globose and umbilicate. It is rather thin and shining. It is concentrically irregularly ribbed. The i ...
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(Pease, 1868)
* ''Collonia munda''
H. Adams, 1873: synonym of ''
Bothropoma mundum''
(H. Adams, 1873)
* ''Collonia purpurescens''
Dunker, 1882: synonym of ''
Homalopoma amussitatum
''Homalopoma amussitatum'' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Homalopoma amussitatum'' (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Collonia quantilla''
Gould, 1861: synonym of ''
Homalopoma quantillum''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Collonia rosa''
Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of ''Neocollonia pilula rosa''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
References
External links
GenBank World Register of Marine Species
Colloniidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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