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Columbellidae Swainson, 1840

23009  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23009)

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  1. Genus Aesopus A. A. Gould, 1860
  2. Genus Alcira H. Adams, 1861
  3. Genus Alia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  4. Genus Amphissa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  5. Genus Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  6. Genus Antimitrella A. W. B. Powell, 1937
  7. Genus Aoteatilia A. W. B. Powell, 1939
  8. Genus Ascalista Drivas & M. Jay, 1990
  9. Genus Astyris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  10. Subfamily Atiliinae Cossmann, 1901
  11. Genus Bathyglypta Pelorce, 2017
  12. Genus Bifurcium P. Fischer, 1884
  13. Genus Cilara Thiele, 1924
  14. Genus Clathranachis Kuroda & T. Habe, 1954
  15. Genus Clavistrombina P. Jung, 1989
  16. Genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799
  17. Subfamily Columbellinae Swainson, 1840
  18. Genus Conella Swainson, 1840
  19. Genus Cosmioconcha Dall, 1913
  20. Genus Costoanachis Sacco, 1890
  21. Genus Cotonopsis Olsson, 1942
  22. Genus Decipifus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
  23. Genus Dorsina P. Jung, 1989
  24. Genus Euplica Dall, 1889
  25. Genus Eurypyrene Woodring, 1928
  26. Genus Euspiralta K. Monsecour & Pelorce, 2013
  27. Genus Exaesopus deMaintenon, 2019
  28. Genus Exomilopsis A. W. B. Powell, 1964
  29. Genus Falsuszafrona Pelorce, 2020
  30. Genus Gatliffena Iredale, 1929
  31. Genus Glyptanachis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  32. Genus Graphicomassa Iredale, 1929
  33. Genus Indomitrella Oostingh, 1940
  34. Genus Ithiaesopus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  35. Genus Liratilia H. J. Finlay, 1926
  36. Genus Macrozafra H. J. Finlay, 1926
  37. Genus Maintenonia K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
  38. Genus Mazatlania Dall, 1900
  39. Genus Metanachis Thiele, 1924
  40. Genus Metulella Gabb, 1873
  41. Genus Microcithara P. Fischer, 1884
  42. Genus Minimanachis Pelorce, 2020
  43. Genus Mitrella Risso, 1826
  44. Genus Mitropsis Pease, 1868
  45. Genus Mokumea T. Habe, 1991
  46. Genus Nassarina Dall, 1889
  47. Genus Nitidella Swainson, 1840
  48. Genus Nodochila Rehder, 1980
  49. Genus Parametaria Dall, 1916
  50. Genus Pardalinops deMaintenon, 2008
  51. Genus Parvanachis Radwin, 1968
  52. Genus Paxula H. J. Finlay, 1926
  53. Genus Pictocolumbella T. Habe, 1945
  54. Genus Pleuriferapex K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2023
  55. Genus Pseudamycla Pace, 1902
  56. Genus Pyrene Röding, 1798
  57. Genus Pyreneola Iredale, 1918
  58. Genus Radwinia Shasky, 1970
  59. Genus Ramoliva Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
  60. Genus Redfernella Espinosa & Ortea, 2020
  61. Genus Retizafra Hedley, 1913
  62. Genus Rhombinella Radwin, 1968
  63. Genus Ruthia Shasky, 1970
  64. Genus Salitra Marincovich, 1973
  65. Genus Seminella Pease, 1868
  66. Genus Sincola Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  67. Genus Smithena F. Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022
  68. Genus Speirazafra K. Monsecour & Raines, 2024
  69. Genus Steironepion Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  70. Genus Strombina Mörch, 1852
  71. Genus Sulcomitrella Kuroda, T. Habe & Oyama, 1971
  72. Genus Suturoglypta Radwin, 1968
  73. Genus Thiarinella Sacco, 1890
  74. Genus Turrijaumelia Sarasúa, 1975
  75. Genus Urpiella Arias Ávila, 2021
  76. Genus Zafra A. Adams, 1860
  77. Genus Zafrona Iredale, 1916
  78. Genus Zanassarina Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  79. Genus Zella Iredale, 1924
  80. Genus Zemitrella H. J. Finlay, 1926
  81. Genus Zetekia Dall, 1918
  82. Genus Pygmaea Mörch, 1859 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  83. Genus Anachys [sic] accepted as Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (misspelling)
  84. Genus Atilia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  85. Genus Attilia [sic] accepted as Atilia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  86. Genus Colombella [sic] accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  87. Genus Colombellarius Duméril, 1805 accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  88. Genus Columbela [sic] accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  89. Genus Columbellopsis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 accepted as Mitrella Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Genus Columbus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (incorrect subsequent spelling or unjustified emendation)
  91. Genus Columella [sic] accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (misspelling by Boettger, 1883)
  92. Genus Conidea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Pyrene Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  93. Genus Dentimitrella Ludbrook, 1958 accepted as Mitrella (Dentimitrella) Ludbrook, 1958 represented as Mitrella Risso, 1826
  94. Genus Euryta H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Mazatlania Dall, 1900 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Euryta Gistel, 1848 [Cnidaria]; Mazatlania is a replacement name)
  95. Genus Lavesopus Iredale, 1929 accepted as Aesopus A. A. Gould, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Genus Meta Reeve, 1859 accepted as Parametaria Dall, 1916 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Meta Koch, 1835 [Arachnida]; Parametaria is a replacement name)
  97. Genus Pardalina Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Pardalinops deMaintenon, 2008 (invalid: junior homonym of Pardalina Gray, 1867 [Mammalia]; Pardalinops is a replacement name)
  98. Genus Pardanilops [sic] accepted as Pardalinops deMaintenon, 2008 (misspelling)
  99. Genus Pleurifera Drivas & M. Jay, 1997 accepted as Pleuriferapex K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Pleurifera Gramann, 1962 [Ostracoda])
  100. Genus Pleurotomitrella T. Habe, 1958 accepted as Pyreneola Iredale, 1918 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  101. Genus Psarostola Rehder, 1943 accepted as Steironepion Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Genus Pseudozafrona Arias Ávila, 2016 accepted as Urpiella Arias Ávila, 2021 (unavailable name under ICZN Art. 9: work unpublished in the sense of the Code)
  103. Genus Strombocolumbus Cossmann, 1901 accepted as Strombina Mörch, 1852 (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Strombina "Mörch, 1859" [sic! should be 1852], erroneously believed by Cossmann to be a junior homonym of "Strombina Bronn, 1849", which is in fact a family-group name based on Strombus)
  104. Genus Columbellidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 312 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Columbellidae Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23009 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 312 [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(3): 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source DeMaintenon, M. & Strong, E. E. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>PeerJ.</em> 10: e13996., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13996 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Synonymy Old synonym: Pyrenidae (NODC Family list) [details]
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LanguageName 
English dove snailsdove shells)  [details]
German TaubenschneckenTäubchenschnecken  [details]
Japanese フトコロガイ/タモトガイ科  [details]