''Columbella'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Columbella'' include: * ''Columbella adansoni'' Karl Theodor Menke, Menke, 1853 * ''Columbella aphthaegera'' R.P. Lesson, 1842 * ''Columbella aureomexicana'' (Howard, 1963) * ''Columbella castanea'' G.B. Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella costa'' Simone, 2007 * ''Columbella dysoni'' Lovell Augustus Reeve, Reeve, 1859 * ''Columbella fuscata'' G.B. Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella haemastoma'' George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella labiosa'' George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1822 * ''Columbella major'' George Brettingham Sowerby I, Sowerby, 1832 * ''Columbella marrae'' Garcia E., 1999 * ''Columbella mercatoria'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) * ''Columbella paytensis'' Lesson, 1830 * ''Columbella rustica'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) * ''Columbella rusticoides'' Heilprin, 1886 * ''Columbella socorroensis'' Shasky, 1970 * ''Columbella sonsonatensis'' (Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch, Mörch, 1860) * ''Columbella strombiformis'' Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarck, 1822 * ''Columbella xiphitella'' Duclos, 1840 ; ''Nomen dubium'' * ''Columbella erythraeensis'': * ''Columbella nomanensis'': ;Taxa inquirenda: * ''Columbella aricia'' P.L. Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella asopis'' P.L. Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella azima'' P.L. Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella cledonida'' P.L. Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella helvia'' Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella isabellina'' Crosse, 1865 * ''Columbella kirostra'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Columbella mariae'' Brazier, 1877 * ''Columbella menaletta'' Duclos, 1846 * ''Columbella michaui'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863 * ''Columbella ortigia'' Duclos, 1848 * ''Columbella prosymnia'' Duclos, 1850 (taxon inquirendum, a species of ''Chauvetia'') * ''Columbella strenella'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Columbella teophania'' Duclos, 1848 * ''Columbella testina'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Columbella ticaonis'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (taxuse in recent literature currently undocumented) * ''Columbella vitula'' Barnard, 1959

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 alphonsiana'' Hervier, 1900: synonym of ''Mitromorpha alphonsiana'' (Hervier, 1900) * ''Columbella anakisia'' Duclos, 1850: synonym of ''Engina anakisia'' (Duclos, 1850) * ''Columbella apicata'' Smith, 1899: synonym of ''Mitrella apicata'' (E. A. Smith, 1899) * ''Columbella azora'' Duclos, 1846: synonym of ''Euplica festiva'' (Deshayes, 1834) * ''Columbella catenata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Anachis catenata'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1844) * ''Columbella circumstriata'' Mattheus Marinus Schepman, Schepman, 1911 : synonym of ''Mitrella circumstriata'' (Schepman, 1911) * ''Columbella concinna'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1822: synonym of ''Rhombinella laevigata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Columbella coniformis'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Parametaria epamella'' (Duclos, 1840) * ''Columbella conspersa'': synonym of ''Mitrella conspersa'' (Gaskoin, 1851) * ''Columbella coronata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Anachis coronata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Columbella costellata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Anachis vexillum'' (Reeve, 1858) * ''Columbella costellata'' Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829: synonym of ''Anachis costellata'' (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) * ''Columbella decorata'' Gould, 1860 in 1859-61 : synonym of ''Anachis sertularium'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * ''Columbella decussata'' Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Pyrene decussata'' (Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella dibolos'' Barnard, 1964: synonym of ''Anarithma stepheni'' (Melvill & Standen, 1897) * ''Columbella dichroa'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Mitrella dichroa'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella dormitor'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Mitromorpha dormitor'' (Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella duclosiana'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Pseudanachis duclosiana'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella elongata'' Schepman, 1911 : synonym of ''Mitrella longissima'' Monsecour & Monsecour, 2007 * ''Columbella exilis'': synonym of ''Zafra exilis'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Columbella eximia'': synonym of ''Mitrella eximia'' (Reeve, 1846) * ''Columbella fabula'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Pardalinops testudinaria'' (Link, 1807) * ''Columbella fasciata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of ''Anachis fasciata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) * ''Columbella flava'' (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of ''Pyrene flava'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Columbella floccata'' Reeve, 1859: synonym of ''Mitrella floccata'' (Reeve, 1859) * ''Columbella fluctuata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Anachis fluctuata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Columbella fulgurans'' Lamarck, 1822: synonym of ''Pictocolumbella ocellata'' (Link, 1807) * ''Columbella galaxias'': synonym of ''Mitrella nympha'' (Kiener, 1841) * ''Columbella gervillei'' (Payraudeau 1826): synonym of ''Mitrella gervillii'' (Payraudeau, 1826) * ''Columbella gowllandi'' Brazier, 1874: synonym of ''Zafra pumila'' (Dunker, 1858) * ''Columbella guttata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Mitrella guttata'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Columbella harpiformis'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Microcithara harpiformis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Columbella impolita'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Mitrella impolita'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella jaspidea'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Metanachis jaspidea'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella kraussi'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of ''Anachis kraussi'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella levania'' Duclos, 1848: synonym of [unassigned] Mitromorphidae levania (Duclos, 1848) (taxon inquerendum) * ''Columbella ligula'' Duclos: synonym of ''Mitrella ligula'' (Duclos, 1835) * ''Columbella linigera'' Duclos, 1846: synonym of [unassigned] Mitromorphidae linigera (Duclos, 1846) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Columbella lysidia'' Duclos, 1850: synonym of ''Monilispira lysidia'' (Duclos, 1850) * ''Columbella macandrewi'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1905: synonym of ''Mitrella macandrewi'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905) * ''Columbella mendicaria'': synonym of ''Engina mendicaria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Columbella mindoroensis'': synonym of ''Mitrella mindorensis'' (Reeve, 1859) * ''Columbella moleculina'' Duclos, 1846: synonym of ''Mitrella moleculina'' (Duclos, 1840) * ''Columbella moleculinella'' Dautzenberg, 1932 : synonym of ''Pyreneola shepstonensis'' (Smith, 1910) * ''Columbella nympha'': synonym of ''Mitrella nympha'' (Kiener, 1841) * ''Columbella ostreicola'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1882: synonym of ''Anachis ostreicola'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1882) * ''Columbella pacei'' Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of ''Anarithma stepheni'' (Melvill & Standen, 1897) * ''Columbella pardalina'' Lamarck, 1822: synonym of ''Pardalinops testudinaria'' (Link, 1807) * ''Columbella philippinarum'' Reeve, 1842 : synonym of ''Parametaria epamella'' (Duclos, 1840) * ''Columbella planaxiformis'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of ''Mitrella bicincta'' (Gould, 1860) * ''Columbella plexa'' Hedley, 1902: synonym of ''Retizafra plexa'' (Hedley, 1902) * ''Columbella plutonida'' Duclos, 1846: synonym of ''Columbellopsis nycteis'' (Duclos, 1846) * ''Columbella profundi'' Dall, 1889: synonym of ''Astyris profundi'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Columbella pumila'' Dunker, 1859: synonym of ''Zafra pumila'' (Dunker, 1858) * ''Columbella pupa'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of ''Pyreneola pupa'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894) * ''Columbella pusilla'' Pease, 1863: synonym of ''Mitrella nympha'' (Kiener, 1841) * ''Columbella regulus'' Souverbie, 1863: synonym of ''Zafra pumila'' (Dunker, 1858) * ''Columbella richardi'' (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906): synonym of ''Anachis richardi'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906) * ''Columbella savingyi'': synonym of ''Zafra savignyi'' (Moazzo, 1939) * ''Columbella semipicta'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of ''Pyreneola semipicta'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894) * ''Columbella simplex'' Schepman, 1911 : synonym of ''Mitrella simplex'' (Schepman, 1911) * ''Columbella stepheni'' Melvill & Standen, 1897: synonym of ''Anarithma stepheni'' (Melvill & Standen, 1897) * ''Columbella suavis'' Smith, 1906 : synonym of ''Astyris suavis'' (Smith, 1906) * ''Columbella sublachryma'' Hervier, 1900: synonym of ''Anarithma sublachryma'' (Hervier, 1900) * ''Columbella terpsichore'': synonym of ''Anachis terpsichore'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1822) * ''Columbella testudinaria'': synonym of ''Pardalinops testudinaria'' (Link, 1807) * ''Columbella tringa'': synonym of ''Nitidella nitida'' (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 uncinata'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''Microcithara uncinata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Columbella varians'' Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''Euplica varians'' (G.B. Sowerby, 1832) * ''Columbella versicolor'' Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''Euplica scripta'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Columbella zebra'' (Wood, 1828): synonym of ''Anachis miser'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) * ''Columbella zonata'' Gould, 1860: synonym of ''Zafra mitriformis'' A. Adams, 1860 According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species names are also in current use, or have become synonyms :OBIS : Columbella
/ref> * ''Columbella perplexa'' Schepman, 1911 *'' Columbella supraplicata'' Smith, 1899

References

* Duclos P.L. -1850, 1846 Columbella. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes, p. pls 13-17

External links

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Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. 2017. ''An assessment of the genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic''. Zoosystema 39 (2): 197-212
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