Colubraria obscura

Colubraria obscura
Several shells of Colubraria obscura (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Colubraria
Species: C. obscura
Binomial name
Colubraria obscura
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Triton obscurus Reeve, 1844

Colubraria obscura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This 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 Pacific

References

  1. 1 2 Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • 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.

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