Columbella
Encyclopedia
Columbella is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Columbellidae
, the dove snails.
Species brought into synonymy :
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species names are also in current use, or have become synonyms :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Columbellidae
Columbellidae
Columbellidae, common name the "dove snails" or "dove shells" are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Distribution:...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus Columbella include:- Columbella adansoniColumbella adansoniColumbella adansoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Menke, 1853 - Columbella aureomexicana (Howard, 1963)
- Columbella castanea G.B. Sowerby, 1832
- Columbella costaColumbella costaColumbella costa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Simone, 2007 - Columbella dysoni Reeve, 1859
- Columbella erythraeensisColumbella erythraeensisColumbella erythraeensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.This is a nomen dubium, a name that is of unknown or doubtful application....
: nomen dubium - Columbella fuscata G.B. Sowerby, 1832
- Columbella gervillei (Payraudeau 1826)
- Columbella haemastoma G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
- Columbella labiosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1822
- Columbella major G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
- Columbella marraeColumbella marraeColumbella marrae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Garcia E., 1999 - Columbella mercatoriaColumbella mercatoriaColumbella mercatoria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Lamarck - Columbella nomanensisColumbella nomanensisColumbella nomanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.This is a nomen dubium, a name that is of unknown or doubtful application....
: nomen dubium - Columbella paytensis Lesson, 1830
- Columbella rusticaColumbella rusticaColumbella rustica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Columbella rusticoidesColumbella rusticoidesColumbella rusticoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Heilprin, 1886 - Columbella socorroensis Shasky, 1970
- Columbella sonsonatensis (Mörch, 1860)
- Columbella strombiformis Lamarck, 1822
Species brought into synonymy :
- Columbella alabastrum v. Martens, 1880 ; synonym of Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
- Columbella albina Kiener, 1840 : synonym of Mitrella albina (Kiener, 1841)
- Columbella azora Duclos, 1846 : synonym of Euplica festiva (Deshayes, 1834)
- Columbella conspersa : synonym of Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
- Columbella exilis : synonym of Zafra exilisZafra exilisZafra exilis is a small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Red Sea and as an introduced species along the Canary Islands.-References:...
(Philippi, 1849) - Columbella eximia : synonym of Mitrella eximia (Reeve, 1846)
- Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789) : synonym of Pyrene flavaPyrene flavaPyrene flava, common name : the yellow dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 12 mm and 25 mm-Distribution:...
(Bruguière, 1789) - Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807)
- Columbella galaxias : synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
- Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1874 : synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Columbella ligula Duclos : synonym of Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1835)
- Columbella mendicaria : synonym of Engina mendicariaEngina mendicariaEngina mendicaria, common name : the striped engina, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Description:The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Columbella mindoroensis : synonym of Mitrella mindorensis (Reeve, 1859)
- Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1846 : synonym of Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
- Columbella nympha : synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
- Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
- Columbella plutonida Duclos, 1846 : synonym of Columbellopsis nycteisColumbellopsis nycteisColumbellopsis nycteis, common name : the fenestrate dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:...
(Duclos, 1846) - Columbella profundi Dall, 1889 : synonym of Astyris profundiAstyris profundiAstyris profundi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores, Cape Verde and along North Carolina, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.-References:*...
(Dall, 1889) - Columbella pumila Dunker, 1859 : synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Columbella regulus Souverbie, 1863 : synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Columbella richardi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906) : synonym of Anachis richardiAnachis richardiAnachis richardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) - Columbella savingyi : synonym of Zafra savignyiZafra savignyiZafra savignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Moazzo, 1939) - Columbella terpsichore : synonym of Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby II, 1822)
- Columbella testudinaria : synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
- Columbella tringa : synonym of Nitidella nitidaNitidella nitidaNitidella nitida, common name: the glossy dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Description:The shell size varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.-Distribution:...
(Lamarck, 1822) - Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866 : synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
- Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Columbella varians Sowerby, 1832 : synonym of [[Euplica varians]] (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)
- Columbella versicolor Sowerby, 1832 : synonym of Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species names are also in current use, or have become synonyms :
- Columbella circumstriata Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella circumstriata (Schepman, 1911)
- Columbella decorata Gould, 1860 in 1859-61 : synonym of Anachis sertularium (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Columbella elongata Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella longissima Monsecour & Monsecour, 2007
- Columbella moleculinella Dautzenberg, 1932 : synonym of Pyreneola shepstonensis (Smith, 1910)
- Columbella perplexa Schepman, 1911
- Columbella philippinarum Reeve, 1842 : synonym of Parametaria epamella (Duclos, 1840)
- Columbella simplex Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella simplex (Schepman, 1911)
- Columbella suavis Smith, 1906 : synonym of Astyris suavis (Smith, 1906)
- Columbella supraplicata Smith, 1899