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Cotonopsis Turrita
''Cotonopsis turrita'' is a species of sea snails in the family Columbellidae The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family (biology), family of minute to small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; .... It is found in West America. External links * Columbellidae Gastropods described in 1832 {{Columbellidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist. Life He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his father in the production of illustrated works on natural history. On the latter's death in 1822, he and his brother James De Carle Sowerby continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the ''Mineral Conchology of Great Britain''. He published about 50 papers on molluscs and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'', a work that was continued by his son, George Brettingham Sowerby II and his grandson George Brettingham Sowerby III. One of his first works was the cataloguing of the collection of the Earl of Tankerville. He also dealt in shells and natural history objects, his place of business being first in King Street, Covent Gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbella
''Columbella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Species Species within the genus ''Columbella'' include: * ''Columbella adansoni'' Menke, 1853 * ''Columbella aphthaegera'' R.P. Lesson, 1842 * ''Columbella aureomexicana'' (Howard, 1963) * '' Columbella castanea'' G.B. Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella costa'' Simone, 2007 * ''Columbella dysoni'' Reeve, 1859 * ''Columbella fuscata'' G.B. Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella haemastoma'' Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella labiosa'' Sowerby, 1822 * ''Columbella major'' Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella marrae'' Garcia E., 1999 * '' Columbella mercatoria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Columbella paytensis'' Lesson, 1830 * '' Columbella rustica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Columbella rusticoides'' Heilprin, 1886 * ''Columbella socorroensis'' Shasky, 1970 * '' Columbella sonsonatensis'' ( Mörch, 1860) * ''Columbella strombiformis'' Lamarck, 1822 * ''Columbella xiphitella'' Duclos, 1840 ; ''Nome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family (biology), family of minute to small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23009 on 2010-11-04 Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . . 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 Distribution Species in this family are found worldwide,http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Columbariidae.html but are most abundant in shallow tropical water. Subfamilies According to the Taxonomy of the Gastrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
