Columbellidae

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Columbellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Swainson, 1840
Genera

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Columbellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Sorbeoconcha.

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[edit] Distribution

Species in this family are found world-wide.

[edit] Description

The shells are whelk-like of variable shape and sculpture, most abundant in tropical shallow waters. The usual shape is fusiform-elongate, with the narrow aperture more or less dentate. The radula is distinctive, with a lunate central tooth, without either cusps or denticles, but the lateral is massive and strongly tricuspidate.

[edit] Genera in the family Columbellidae

  • Aesopus Gould, 1860
  • Alia H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
  • Amphissa H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
  • Anachis H. and A. Adams, 1853
  • Antimitrella Powell, 1937
  • Aoteatilia Powell, 1939
  • Astyris H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853
  • Columbella Lamarck, 1799
  • Columbellopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg and Dollfus, 1882
  • Cosmioconcha Dall, 1913
  • Costoanachis Sacco, 1890
  • Decipifus Olsson and McGinty, 1958
  • Exomilopsis Powell, 1964
  • Liratilia Finlay, 1927
  • Macrozafra Finlay, 1927
  • Mazatlania Dall, 1913
  • Mitrella Risso, 1826
  • Nassarina Dall, 1889
  • Nitidella Swainson, 1840
  • Parvanachis Radwin, 1968
  • Paxula Finlay, 1927
  • Rhombinella Radwin, 1968
  • Seminella
  • Steironepion Pilsbry and Lowe, 1932
  • Suturoglypta Radwin, 1968
  • Zafrona Iredale, 1916
  • Zemitrella Finlay, 1927
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