Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a
family
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of large deepwater
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the superfamily
Turbinelloidea
Turbinelloidea is a superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily of sea snails in the order Neogastropoda. It comprises the following families:MolluscaBase (2018). Turbinelloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: htt ...
. Some 60 extant species have been described.
This family was previously considered a subfamily (Columbariinae) in the family
Turbinellidae
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Distribution
Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep w ...
, according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005.
Distribution
Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.
Genera
Genera in the family Columbariidae include:
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Clavogyra''
Leroy, 2018
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Columbarium
A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''columba'' (dove) and originally solel ...
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type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
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Coluzea''
Finlay n Allan 1926
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Fulgurofusus''
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Fustifusus''
*''
Halia
Halia or Halie (Ancient Greek: Ἁλίη or Ἁλία ''Haliê'' means 'the dweller in the sea' or 'the briney'Banep. 172/ref>) is the name of the following characters in Greek mythology:
* Halie, the "ox-eyed" Nereid, sea-nymph daughter of the ...
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Histricosceptrum''
Darragh, 1969: synonym of ''Fulgurofusus'' (''Histricosceptrum'')
Darragh, 1969 represented as ''
Fulgurofusus''
Grabau, 1904
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Peristarium
''Peristarium'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Distribu ...
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Pusionella
''Pusionella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The fusiform shell is solid, smooth and shining, with numerous whorls. The spire is sharp. The lip lacks an anal sinus. The siphonal ca ...
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Serratifusus
''Serratifusus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the whelk family Austrosiphonidae
The Austrosiphonidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Austrosiph ...
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Tropidofusus''
Harasewych, 2018
References
Sources
* Tomlin J.R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26. page(s): 330
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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Turbinelloidea