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Description

Columbella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2305748	https://www.gbif.org/species/2305748
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10947	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10947

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Columbella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Columbellidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Columbella	Lamarck 1799

Scientific Name

Columbella

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Columbella	genus	belongs to Columbellidae	stated without evidence	Say, 1822
Columbella	genus	belongs to Columbellidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1977
Columbella	genus	belongs to Columbellidae	stated without evidence	Jung, 1994
Columbella	genus	belongs to Columbellidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Columbella	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (47%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Herbivorous omnivore according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbella

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Columbella (Columbella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Columbella achatina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella adansoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella albella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella algoeusis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella anakisia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella angelia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella angsanana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella aphthaegera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella aricia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella asopis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella asphaltoda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Columbella aureomexicana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella azima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella broderipii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella buccinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella calvertensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Columbella castanea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella chaputi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella cledonida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella coniformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella contantia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella cosmia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella costa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella cuneata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella descepta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella dijki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella djocdjocartae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella dorsata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella duclosiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella dysoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella edonida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella elata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella electona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella erythrostoma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Columbella fabula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella fasciata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella flavidaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella fluctuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella fulminea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella fulva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella fuscata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella gembacana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella gibberula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella girondica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella gouldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella gracillima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella guildingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella guttata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella haemastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella harpiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella helvia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella herklotsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Columbella ickei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella impolita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella jogjacartensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella kermadecensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella kirkerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella kirostra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella labiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella labreana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Columbella lachryma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella lacteoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Columbella lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella levania species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella linderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella linigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella lopezana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Columbella lyrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella lysidia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella macandrewi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella maculosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella mangeliodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella marrae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella matsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella maura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella menaletta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella merangiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella mercatoria species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Columbella mississippiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella moinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella monilifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella nigricans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella njalindungensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella oblita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella obscura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella oerstedti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella ornata species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Columbella ortigia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella ovaloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella palabuanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella pamila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella pamotanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella paytensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella peculiaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella pellucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella perplexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella platynema ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Columbella plicatospira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella porcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella preangerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella prosymnia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella puella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella puruensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella pygmaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella pyrostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella rugulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella rustica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella rusticoides species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Columbella saccharata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella scalarina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella smithfieldensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella socorroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella sonsonatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella strenella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella strombiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella submercatoria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Columbella sulcata species	listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Columbella tenuilineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella teophania species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella testina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella turbita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella turonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella turrigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella varia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella varians species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella vittata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella xiphitella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1799	Columbella Lamarck p. 70
1822	Colombella Say
1904	Columbella Martin p. 199
1977	Columbella Ladd p. 44
1994	Columbella Jung p. 11
2001	Columbella Todd
2002	Columbella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84

Jung P. (1994) Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae), Bulletins of American Paleontology 106 344, 1-45

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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