Biology:Colubraria maculosa

Short description: Species of gastropod

Colubraria maculosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Colubrariidae
Genus:	Colubraria
Species:	C. maculosa
Binomial name
Colubraria maculosa Gmelin, 1790
Synonyms
Charonia maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination) Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817 Eutritonium maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination) Murex maculosus Gmelin, 1791 Murex muricatus Lightfoot, 1786

Colubraria maculosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.

Distribution

This species is found in the seas around Madagascar and Mauritius.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910

Wikidata ☰ Q5149513 entry