Columbariidae
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Columbariidae, also known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Sorbeoconcha. They are related to the Muricidae, the murex shells. They are sometimes placed within the family Turbinellidae.
Columbariidae are rare and fewer than 30 species are known.
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[edit] Distribution
Most columbariid species occur world-wide.
[edit] Habitat
These are deepwater sea snails.
[edit] Shell description
The large rather fragile shell has upturned spines on the shoulders of each whorl and a characteristically long siphonal canal. The canal is open all the way to the tip.
They have a chitinous operculum.
[edit] Genera and species
- Genus Columbarium
- Columbarium aapta Harasewych, 1986
- Columbarium altocanalis (Dell, 1956)
- Columbarium atlantis
- Columbarium aurora
- Columbarium bartletti
- Columbarium berthae
- Columbarium brayi
- Columbarium eastwoodae Kilburn
- Columbarium electra
- Columbarium harrisae Harasewych, 1986
- Columbarium hedleyi
- Columbarium hystriculus
- Columbarium juliae
- Columbarium mariae (Powell, 1952)
- Columbarium merope
- Columbarium pagoda Lesson, 1831
- Columbarium radiale
- Columbarium spinicinctum von Martens, 1881
- Columbarium spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
- Columbarium veridicum Dell, 1963
- Columbarium wormaldi Powell, 1971
- Genus Coluzea
- Genus Halia
- Genus Pusionella
- Pusionella aculeiformis
- Pusionella milleti
- Pusionella nifat
- Pusionella vulpina
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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