''Columbella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
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
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
, 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
''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 The ...
''
G.B. Sowerby, 1832
* ''
Columbella costa''
Simone, 2007
* ''
Columbella dysoni''
Reeve, 1859
* ''
Columbella fuscata
''Columbella fuscata'', the burnt dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in ...
''
G.B. Sowerby, 1832
* ''
Columbella haemastoma''
Sowerby, 1832
* ''
Columbella labiosa''
Sowerby, 1822
* ''
Columbella major
''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 ...
''
Sowerby, 1832
* ''
Columbella marrae
''Columbella marrae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropod ...
''
Garcia E., 1999
* ''
Columbella mercatoria
''Columbella mercatoria'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastr ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Columbella paytensis
''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 ...
''
Lesson, 1830
* ''
Columbella rustica
''Columbella rustica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage o ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''
Columbella rusticoides
''Columbella rusticoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogast ...
''
Heilprin, 1886
* ''
Columbella socorroensis
''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 ...
''
Shasky, 1970
* ''
Columbella sonsonatensis
''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 ...
''
( Mörch, 1860)
* ''
Columbella strombiformis''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822
* ''
Columbella xiphitella''
Duclos, 1840
; ''Nomen dubium''
* ''
Columbella erythraeensis'':
* ''
Columbella nomanensis'':
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''
Columbella aricia
''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 ...
''
P.L. Duclos, 1846
* ''
Columbella asopis''
P.L. Duclos, 1846
* ''
Columbella azima
''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 ...
''
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
''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 ...
''
Duclos, 1840
* ''
Columbella teophania
''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 ...
''
Duclos, 1848
* ''
Columbella testina
''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 ...
''
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
Mitrella may refer to:
* ''Mitrella'' (gastropod), a genus of mollusks of the family Columbellidae
* ''Mitrella'' (plant), a genus of plants of the family Annonaceae
{{Genus disambiguation ...
'' (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''
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
''Parametaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
* ''Parametaria barbieri'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Parame ...
'' (Duclos, 1840)
* ''Columbella conspersa'': synonym of ''
Mitrella conspersa'' (Gaskoin, 1851)
* ''Columbella coronata'' G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''
Anachis coronata
''Anachis coronata'' is a species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is ...
'' (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
''Zafra exilis'' is a small species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs and is endemic in the Red Sea and off Oman, Aden and Djibouti an ...
'' (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
''Metanachis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Metanachis Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.m ...
'' (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
nassignedMitromorphidae levania
(Duclos, 1848) (taxon inquerendum)
* ''Columbella ligula'' Duclos: synonym of ''
Mitrella ligula'' (Duclos, 1835)
* ''Columbella linigera''
Duclos, 1846: synonym of
nassignedMitromorphidae 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
''Parametaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parametaria'' include:
* ''Parametaria barbieri'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2019
* ''Parame ...
'' (Duclos, 1840)
* ''Columbella planaxiformis'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of ''
Mitrella bicincta'' (Gould, 1860)
* ''Columbella plexa'' Hedley, 1902: synonym of ''
Retizafra plexa
''Retizafra'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Retizafra'' include:
* ''Retizafra brevilata'' K. Monsecour & D ...
'' (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 :
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* '' 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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Columbellidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck