Collonista

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Phasianelloidea Subfamily Colloniinae Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Colloniidae Scientific name Collonista Rank Genus

Similar Homalopoma, Colloniidae, Bothropoma, Stomatella, Astralium

Collonista snail cleaning live rock

Collonista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.

Species within the genus Collonista include:

Collonista amakusaensis Habe, 1960

Collonista arsinoensis (Issel, 1869)

Collonista costulosa (Sowerby II, 1886)

Collonista crassilirata (Preston, 1909)

Collonista delecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)

Collonista glareosa (Gould, 1861)

Collonista jucunda (Thiele, 1925)

Collonista kreipli Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015

Collonista lenticula (Gould, 1861)

Collonista miltochrista (Melvill, 1918)

Collonista picta (Pease, 1868)

Collonista rubricincta (Mighels, 1845)

Collonista solida (Preston, 1908)

Collonista verruca (Gould, 1845)

Collonista viridula (Sowerby III, 1900)

Species brought into synonymy

Collonista nanina (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1864): synonym of Leptothyra nanina (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1864)

Collonista rubens (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Leptothyra rubens Melvill & Standen, 1903

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