Biology:Columbella fuscata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Columbella fuscata
A Shell of Columbella fuscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Subfamily:	Columbellinae
Genus:	Columbella
Species:	C. fuscata
Binomial name
Columbella fuscata Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms
Columbella fuscata var. pallescens Wimmer, 1880 Columbella luteola Kiener, 1841 Columbella meleagris Duclos, 1840 Columbella nodalina Duclos, 1840 Columbella vulpecula Duclos, 1846

Columbella fuscata, common name burnt dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

Shells of Columbella fuscata can reach a size of 11–22 millimetres (0.43–0.87 in).

Distribution

This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos.

Bibliography

• Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae.
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218.
• R S Houston - THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NEOGASTROPOD REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO Columbella-fuscata - Veliger 1976 19:27-46

External links

• Animal Base

Wikidata ☰ Q13474484 entry