Colubraria nitidula | |
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Several shells of Colubraria nitidula (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. nitidula
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Binomial name | |
Colubraria nitidula (
Sowerby I, 1833)
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Synonyms | |
Triton nitidulus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (original combination) |
Colubraria nitidula, common name the shiny dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae. [1]
The length of shell varies between 20 mm and 66 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Northern Transkei, South Africa; in the Indo-West Pacific (off Mauritius, Aldabra, Mascarene Basin)