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

Pardalinops testudinaria
| Columbellidae | |
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| LIve individual of the columbellid species Alia carinata | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea | 
| Family: | Columbellidae Swainson, 1840[1]  | 
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Distribution
    
Species in this family are found worldwide,[4] 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:
- Columbellinae Swainson, 1840
 - Atiliinae Cossmann, 1901 - synonyms: Pyrenidae Suter, 1909; Anachidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
 - Columbellidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
- Columbellidae incertae sedis mariato (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
 
 
Genera
    
The family Columbellidae contains these genera:
- subfamily Columbellinae
 
- Columbella Lamarck, 1799 - type genus
 
- subfamily Atiliinae
 
- Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
 - Atilia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 - type genus of the subfamily Atiliinae
 - Pyrene Röding, 1798
 
- subfamily ?
 
- Aesopus Gould, 1860
 - Aoteatilia Powell, 1939
 - Alcira H. Adams, 1861
 - Alia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
 - Amphissa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
 - Antimitrella Powell, 1937
 - Antizafra Finlay, 1926
 - Aoteatilia Powell, 1939
 - Ascalista Drivas & Jay, 1990
 - Astyris H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
 - Bathyglypta Pelorce, 2017
 - Bifurcium P. Fischer, 1884
 - Cilara Thiele, 1924
 - Clathranachis Kuroda & Habe, 1954
 - Clavistrombina Jung, 1989
 - Columbellopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882
 - Conella Swainson, 1840
 - Cosmioconcha Dall, 1913
 - Costoanachis Sacco, 1890
 - Cotonopsis Olsson, 1942
 - Decipifus Olsson and McGinty, 1958
 - Euplica Dall, 1889
 - Euspiralta K. Monsecour & Pelorce, 2013
 - Exomilopsis Powell, 1964
 - Falsuszafrona Pelorce, 2020
 - Gatliffena Iredale, 1929
 - Glyptanachis Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
 - Graphicomassa Iredale, 1929
 - Indomitrella Oostingh, 1940
 - Liratilia Finlay, 1927
 - Macrozafra Finlay, 1927
 - Mazatlania Dall, 1913
 - Metanachis Thiele, 1924
 - Metulella Gabb, 1873
 - Microcithara P. Fischer, 1884
 - Minimanachis Pelorce, 2020
 - Minipyrene Coomans, 1967
 - Mitrella Risso, 1826
 - Mitropsis Pease, 1868
 - Mokumea Habe, 1991
 - Nassarina Dall, 1889
 - Nitidella Swainson, 1840
 - Nodochila Rehder, 1980
 - Parametaria Dall, 1916
 - Pardalinops De Maintenon, 2008
 - Parvanachis Radwin, 1968
 - Parviterebra Pilsbry, 1904
 - Paxula Finlay, 1927
 - Pictocolumbella Habe, 1945
 - Pleurifera Drivas & Jay, 1997
 - Psarostola Rehder, 1943
 - Pseudamycla Pace, 1902
 - Pseudanachis Thiele, 1924
 - Pyreneola Iredale, 1918
 - Retizafra Hedley, 1913
 - Rhombinella Radwin, 1968
 - Ruthia Shasky, 1970
 - Salitra Marincovich, 1973
 - Seminella Pease, 1867
 - Sincola Olsson & Harbison, 1953
 - Steironepion Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
 - Strombina Mörch, 1852
 - Sulcomitrella Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
 - Suturoglypta Radwin, 1968
 - Zafra A. Adams, 1860
 - Zafrona Iredale, 1916
 - Zella Iredale, 1924
 - Zemitrella Finlay, 1927
 
References
    
- Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 152, 313.
 - 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 2010-11-04
 - Bouchet 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
 - http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Columbariidae.html
 
External links
    
- Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 
 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 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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