Colubraria muricata Maculated Dwarf Triton, Giant False Triton, Spotted Colubraria

Colubraria muricatais commonly referred to as Maculated Dwarf Triton, Giant False Triton, Spotted Colubraria. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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Scientific:: Colubraria muricata
German:: Gepunktete Zwergtriton
English:: Maculated Dwarf Triton, Giant False Triton, Spotted Colubraria

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Colubrariidae (Family) > Colubraria (Genus) > muricata (Species)
Initial determination:: ([Lightfoot, ]), 1786

Occurrence:: East Africa, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mozambique, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 5 - 20 Meter
Size:: 1.57" - 4.33" (4,5cm - 11,6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Invertebrates, Parasitic, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Colubraria albometulaformis
Colubraria brinkae
Colubraria buitendijki
Colubraria canariensis
Colubraria ceylonensis
Colubraria cumingi
Cumings Zwergtriton
Colubraria eugenei
Colubraria gilberti
Colubraria harryleei
Colubraria kathiewayana
Colubraria latericium
Colubraria maculosa
Colubraria margarethae
Colubraria mulveyana
Colubraria muricata
Gepunktete Zwergtriton
Colubraria myuna
Colubraria nitidula
Glänzender Zwerg Triton
Colubraria obscura
Zwergtritonshorn
Colubraria pulchrafuscata
Colubraria reticosa
Colubraria rolli
Colubraria sowerbyi
Colubraria springsteeni
Colubraria suduirauti
Colubraria tchangsii
Colubraria tenera
Zwerg Triton
Colubraria testacea
Colubraria tortuosa
Verdrehter Zwerg Triton
Colubraria tumida

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-15 20:28:58
Last edit:: 2021-05-15 22:57:25

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Colubraria muricata ([Lightfoot, 1786])

Colubraria 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.

Colubraria muricata is the largest of the family in the Marshalls. Like most other species of Colubraria, these are usually active at night and parasitic upon sleeping fish, usually members of the family Scaridae.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum muricatum [Lightfoot], 1786 (original combination)
Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817

External links

FAO (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2021.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2021.
Relationships of the haematophagous marine snail Colubraria (Rachiglossa: Colubrariidae), within the neogastropod phylogenetic framework (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2021.
underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 15.05.2021.

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