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:Columbellidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

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| taxon = Columbellidae

| image = Mitrella carinata.jpg

| image_caption = Live individual of the columbellid species Alia carinata

| authority = Swainson, 1840Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 152, 313.

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| synonyms =

  • Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
  • Pyrenidae Suter, 1909

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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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 Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23009 on 2010-11-04Bouchet 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. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. {{ISSN|0076-2997}}. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

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These snails are characterized by their elongated, spiral shells and their carnivorous feeding habits. The family Columbellidae comprises numerous genera and species, many of which share similar shell morphologies and ecological niches.

Distribution

Species in this family are found worldwide,{{Cite web |url=http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Columbariidae.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-12-25 |archive-date=2007-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222083507/http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/archerdshellcollection/Gastropoda/Columbariidae.html |url-status=dead }} but are most abundant in shallow tropical water.

Subfamilies

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Columbellidae consists of two subfamilies:

Genera

The family Columbellidae contains these genera:

;subfamily Atiliinae

;subfamily Columbellinae

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Synonyms

  • Atilia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 - type genus of the subfamily Atiliinae: synonym of Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Columbellopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882: synonym of Mitrella Risso, 1826
  • Minipyrene Coomans, 1967: synonym of Mitromorpha P. P. Carpenter, 1865

References

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External links

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  • [https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0642/report.pdf Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642] {{PD-notice}}
  • [http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/hd/z2017n2a2_hd.pdf 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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