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Columbellidae
Live individual of the columbellid species Amphissa columbiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Swainson, 1840[1]
Genera

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Synonyms[2]
  • Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
  • Pyrenidae Suter, 1909

The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.[2][3]

Pardalinops testudinarius

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

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Species in this family are found worldwide,[4] but are most abundant in shallow tropical water.

Subfamilies

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

Genera

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The family Columbellidae contains these genera:

subfamily Atiliinae
subfamily Columbellinae

Synonyms

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  • 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
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