Dove Snails
Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda....
57 branches of this family, most-observed first

Columbella
genusColumbella

Amphissa
genusAmphissa

Mitrella
genusMitrella

Alia
genusAlia

Euplica
genusEuplica

Pardalinops
genusPardalinops

Anachis
genusAnachis

Costoanachis
genusCostoanachis

Astyris
genusAstyris

Pyrene
genusPyrene

Parvanachis
genusParvanachis

Pseudamycla
genusPseudamycla

Pictocolumbella
genusPictocolumbella

Graphicomassa
genusGraphicomassa

Nitidella
genusNitidella
Zemitrella
genusZemitrella

Mazatlania
genusMazatlania

Zafra
genusZafra

Exaesopus
genusExaesopus

Suturoglypta
genusSuturoglypta
Zanassarina
genusZanassarina

Aesopus
genusAesopus

Parametaria
genusParametaria

Zafrona
genusZafrona

Liratilia
genusLiratilia

Rhombinella
genusRhombinella

Seminella
genusSeminella

Pyreneola
genusPyreneola

Strombina
genusStrombina

Nassarina
genusNassarina

Steironepion
genusSteironepion

Conella
genusConella

Microcithara
genusMicrocithara

Zella
genusZella

Cosmioconcha
genusCosmioconcha

Macrozafra
genusMacrozafra

Metanachis
genusMetanachis

Paxula
genusPaxula

Bifurcium
genusBifurcium

Mokumea
genusMokumea

Cotonopsis
genusCotonopsis

Dorsina
genusDorsina

Clavistrombina
genusClavistrombina

Sincola
genusSincola

Indomitrella
genusIndomitrella

Ascalista
genusAscalista

Retizafra
genusRetizafra

Alcira
genusAlcira

Falsuszafrona
genusFalsuszafrona
Exomilopsis
genusExomilopsis
Metulella
genusMetulella
Zetekia
genusZetekia
Antimitrella
genusAntimitrella
Aoteatilia
genusAoteatilia
Ithiaesopus
genusIthiaesopus
Decipifus
genusDecipifus
Clathranachis
genusClathranachis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Columbellidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50704.