Columbella fuscata
| Columbella fuscata | |
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| 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 G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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).[2]
Distribution
This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos. [2]
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
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