| Columbariinae | |
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| Columbarium wormaldi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928 |
| Genera and species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Columbariidae |
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Columbariinae, also known as pagoda shells, are a subfamily of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. Some 60 extant species have been described.[1]
This subfamily is in the family Turbinellidae within the clade Neogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.[2]
Genera in the subfamily Columbariinae include[3]: