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Collonista

Collonista is a genus of sea snails in the family Colloniidae.

Last revised
Jul 17, 2026
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Length
252 w
Citations
3
Source
Collonista
Shell specimens
Collonista filifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Collonista
Iredale, 19181
Type species
Collonia picta
Pease, 1868
Synonyms

Leptothyra Pease, 1869

Collonista is a genus of sea snails in the family Colloniidae.2

Species

As of 2020, the World Register of Marine Species accepts 20 species within the genus Collonista:2

References

References

  1. Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Collonista Iredale, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2020.
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  • Huang S.-I, Fu I-F. & Poppe G.T. (2016). Taiwanese and Philippine Colloniidae. Nomenclatural remarks and the description of 17 new species (Gastropoda: Colloniidae). Visaya. 4(5): 4-42