Colubraria nitidula

Colubraria nitidula
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
Binomial name
Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby I, 1833)
Synonyms
Triton nitidulusG. 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]

Description

The length of shell varies between 20 mm and 66 mm.

Their functional group is benthos.

Their feeding type is predatory.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northern Transkei, South Africa; in the Indo-West Pacific (off Mauritius, Aldabra, Mascarene Basin)

References

1. Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby, 1833) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• 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

• "Colubraria nitidula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.