Colubraria obscura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]
Colubraria obscura | |
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Several shells of Colubraria obscura (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Colubrariidae |
Genus: | Colubraria |
Species: | C. obscura
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Binomial name | |
Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Triton obscurus Reeve, 1844 |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species has a wide distribution: Florida, USA, to Brazil; off Canary Islands, Cape Verdes, Angola, Mozambique; in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Red Sea; in the Western Indian Ocean.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. pp. 54–59, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
External links
edit- "Colubraria obscura". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Media related to Colubraria obscura at Wikimedia Commons