''Colubraria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
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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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. Accesse ...
.
Members of this genus lack a
radula
The radula (; : radulae or radulas) is an anatomical structure used by mollusks for feeding, sometimes compared to a tongue. It is a minutely toothed, chitinous ribbon, which is typically used for scraping or cutting food before the food enters ...
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:
* ''
Colubraria acroincisa''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
* ''
Colubraria albometulaformis''
Dekkers, 2007
* ''
Colubraria brinkae''
Parth, 1992
* ''
Colubraria buitendijki''
Bayer, 1933
* ''
Colubraria canariensis''
Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979
* ''
Colubraria ceylonensis''
Sowerby I, 1833
* ''
Colubraria clathrata''
(Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Colubraria cumingi''
(Dohrn, 1861)
* ''
Colubraria eugenei''
Bozzetti & Lussi, 1991
* ''
Colubraria gilberti''
D. Monsecour & Dekker, 2014
* ''
Colubraria harryleei''
D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2011
* ''
Colubraria jordani''
Strong, 1938
* ''
Colubraria kathiewayana''
Fittkau & Parth, 1993
* ''
Colubraria latericium''
Bozzetti, 2008
* ''
Colubraria lucasensis''
Strong & Hertlein, 1937
* ''
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, officially the Republic of ...
''
Gmelin, 1790
* ''
Colubraria margarethae''
D. Monsecour & K. Monsecour, 2011
* ''
Colubraria mulveyana''
(Iredale, 1925)
* ''
Colubraria muricata''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Colubraria myuna''
Garrard, 1961
* † ''
Colubraria neozelanica''
Maxwell, 1966
* ''
Colubraria nitidula''
(Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Colubraria obscura''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Colubraria ochsneri''
Hertlein & Allison, 1968
* ''
Colubraria procera''
(Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''
Colubraria ralliserra''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2019
* ''
Colubraria reticosa''
A. Adams, 1870
* ''
Colubraria rolli''
Parth, 1992
* ''
Colubraria sowerbii''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Colubraria springsteeni''
Parth, 1991
* ''
Colubraria suduirauti''
Parth, 1999
* † ''
Colubraria sutherlandi''
Beu, 1973
* ''
Colubraria tchangsii''
Ma X. & Zhang S., 2000
* ''
Colubraria tenera''
Gray, 1839
* ''
Colubraria testacea''
(Morch, 1854)
* ''
Colubraria tortuosa''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
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'' (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'' (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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