Colubraria
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| Colubraria | |
|---|---|
| Five views of a shell of Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Colubrariidae |
| Genus: | Colubraria Schumacher, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Colubraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae.[1] Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.[2]