Colubraria maculosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

Colubraria maculosa
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • Charonia maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination)
  • Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817
  • Eutritonium maculosum (Gmelin, 1791) (new combination)
  • Murex maculosus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex muricatus Lightfoot, 1786

Description edit

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b Colubraria maculosa Gmelin, 1790. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 September 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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