Colubrellina condita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.[1]

Colubrellina condita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bursidae
Genus: Colubrellina
Species:
C. condita
Binomial name
Colubrellina condita
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apollon candisatus (Röding, 1798).
  • Bursa condita (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Colubrellina (Dulcerana) condita (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex candisatus (Röding, 1798)
  • Murex condita Gmelin, 1791
  • Ranella candisata Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritonium candisatum Röding, 1798

Description

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The length of the shell attains 102 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific (Vanuatu, Marshall Islands; also off the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Colubrellina condita (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472540 on 2023-07-19
  • Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256
  • Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120
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