Colubrariidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[2] [1] This family has no subfamilies.

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Colubrariidae
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Five views of a shell of Colubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Colubrariidae
Dall, 1904
Synonyms[1]

Fusidae Iredale, 1915

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Genera

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Acamptochetus Cossmann, 1901: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Agassitula Olsson & Bayer, 1972: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Antemetula Rehder, 1943: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Antimitra Iredale, 1917: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Colubrarina Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Epidromus Mörch, 1852: synonym of Colubraria Schumacher, 1817 (not available from Agassiz, 1846)
  • Floritula Olsson & Bayer, 1972: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Fusus Helbling, 1779: synonym of Cumia Bivona, 1838 (Invalid: Placed by the ICZN on the Official Index by Opinion 1765, See Nomenclature note below.)
  • Minitula Olsson & Bayer, 1972: synonym of Metula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Obex Iredale, 1925: synonym of Colubraria Schumacher, 1817
  • Ratifusus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Cumia Bivona, 1838
  • Roquesia Petuch, 2013: synonym of Colubraria Schumacher, 1817

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