Columbella fuscata
| Columbella fuscata | |
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| A shell of Columbella fuscata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Columbella |
| Species: | C. fuscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Columbella fuscata Sowerby I, 1832 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Columbella fuscata, the burnt dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Description
[edit]Shells of Columbella fuscata can reach a size of 11–22 millimetres (0.43–0.87 in).[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ↑ WoRMS
- 1 2 "Columbella fuscata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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