Columbariinae
| 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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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Columbariidae | |
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).
Distribution
Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.[2]
Genera and species
Genera in the subfamily Columbariinae include:[3]
- Genus Columbarium - type genus
- Columbarium aapta Harasewych, 1986
- Columbarium altocanalis (Dell, 1956)
- Columbarium atlantis
- Columbarium aurora
- Columbarium bartletti
- Columbarium berthae
- Columbarium brayi
- Columbarium corollaceoum
- Columbarium eastwoodae Kilburn
- Columbarium electra
- Columbarium formosissimum
- Columbarium harrisae Harasewych, 1986
- Columbarium hedleyi
- Columbarium hystriculum
- Columbarium juliae
- Columbarium mariae (Powell, 1952)
- Columbarium merope
- Columbarium natalense
- Columbarium pagoda Lesson, 1831
- Columbarium pagodoides
- Columbarium quadrativaricosum
- Columbarium radiale
- Columbarium sinensis
- Columbarium spinicinctum von Martens, 1881
- Columbarium spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
- Columbarium subcontractum
- Columbarium suzukii
- Columbarium veridicum Dell, 1963
- Columbarium wormaldi Powell, 1971
- Genus Coluzea
- Genus Fulgurofusus
- Genus Fustifusus
- Genus Halia
- Genus Histricosceptrum
- Genus Peristarium
- Genus Pusionella
- Pusionella aculeiformis
- Pusionella milleti
- Pusionella nifat
- Pusionella vulpina
- Genus Serratifusus
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References
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