Colubrariidae
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Colubrariidae is a taxonomic family
of medium-sized sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea
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This family has no subfamilies.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of medium-sized sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea
Buccinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of very small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.This superfamily is in the clade Neogastropoda according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda...
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This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
- ColubrariaColubrariaColubraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae. Members of this genus lack a radula and feed by sucking blood from fish.-Species:Species within the genus Colubraria include:...
Schumacher, 1817 - CumiaCumiaCumia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Species:Species within the genus Cumia include:* Cumia adjuncta * Cumia alfredensis...
Bivona-Bernardi, 1838 - IredalulaIredalulaIredalula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinulidae.-Species:Species within the genus Iredalula include:* Iredalula groschi Fraussen & Monsecour, 2007...
Finlay, 1926