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
	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

^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

Gastropods.com: Colubraria obscura

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[WoRMS-1] Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

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