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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae buccinum whelks

Genus: Colubraria

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17 species (see list below)
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Colubraria albometulaformis
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Colubraria brinkae
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Colubraria castanea
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Colubraria ceylonensis
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Max. Length 2.7 cm DL
 
Colubraria clathrata
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Colubraria cumingi
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Colubraria fantomei
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Colubraria monroei
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FAO

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 10 cm ShH
Colubraria muricata(Lightfoot, 1786)

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Colubraria muricata
[Maculated dwarf triton]

Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific.

Colubraria nitidula(Sowerby, 1833)

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Colubraria nitidula
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.9 cm SHL
Colubraria obscura(Reeve, 1844)

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Colubraria obscura
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Colubraria souverbii
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Colubraria suduirauti
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Colubraria swifti
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Colubraria tenera
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 4.0 cm DL
Colubraria testacea(Mörch, 1854)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria testacea
[Obscure dwarf triton]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Colubraria tortuosa(Reeve, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Colubraria tortuosa
[Twisted dwarf triton]


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