Columbarium (gastropod)

Columbarium
A shell of Columbarium wormaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Columbariinae
Genus: Columbarium
von Martens, 1881[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma (Columbarium) Martens, 1881

Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinellidae, the pagoda shells.[2]

The shells of most species in this family have a long siphonal canal and a noticeable peripheral keel.

Species

Species within the genus Columbarium include:

Synonyms:

References

  1. von Martens E. (1881). "Description of non-marine Mollusca". Conchologische Mittheilungen 2: 103-121. page 105.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Columbarium Martens, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196943 on 2011-02-07
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Columbarium bullatum (Dall, 1927). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532652 on 2011-04-24

Further reading


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