Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a
family
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of large deepwater
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Turbinelloidea
Turbinelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails in the order Neogastropoda. It comprises the following families:MolluscaBase (2018). Turbinelloidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...
. Some 60 extant species have been described.
This family was previously considered a subfamily (Columbariinae) in the family
Turbinellidae
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Distribution
Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep wa ...
, according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005.
Distribution
Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.
Genera
Genera in the family Columbariidae include:
* † ''
Clavogyra''
Leroy, 2018
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Columbarium
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type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
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Coluzea''
Finlay n Allan 1926
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Fulgurofusus''
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Fustifusus''
*''
Halia''
*''
Histricosceptrum''
Darragh, 1969: synonym of ''Fulgurofusus'' (''Histricosceptrum'')
Darragh, 1969 represented as ''
Fulgurofusus''
Grabau, 1904
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Peristarium
''Peristarium'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Distrib ...
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Pusionella''
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Serratifusus''
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Tropidofusus''
Harasewych, 2018
References
Sources
* Tomlin J.R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26. page(s): 330
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526
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