''Columbella rustica'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

Distribution

Synonyms

* ''Colombella aureola'' Duclos, 1846 * ''Colombella reticulata'' Lamarck, 1822 * ''Colombella simpronia'' Duclos, 1846 * ''Colombella spongiarum'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Colombella striata'' Duclos, 1840 (dubious synonym) * ''Colombella tumida'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Colombella vestalia'' Duclos, 1846 * ''Colombella zulmis'' Duclos, 1848 * ''Columbella ambigua'' Kiener, 1840 * ''Columbella barbadensis'' d'Orbigny, 1847 * ''Columbella fustigata'' Kiener, 1841 * ''Columbella gualtierana'' Risso, 1826 * ''Columbella guilfordia'' Risso, 1826 * ''Columbella modesta'' Kiener, 1841 * ''Columbella procera'' Locard, 1886 * ''Columbella punctulata'' Risso, 1826 * ''Columbella rustica var. apiculata'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. cuneatiformis'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. elongata'' Philippi, 1836 * ''Columbella rustica var. lactea'' Monterosato, 1875 * ''Columbella rustica var. lutea'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. major'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. marmorata'' Monterosato, 1878 * ''Columbella rustica var. minima'' Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 * ''Columbella rustica var. minor'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. obesula'' Pallary, 1900 * ''Columbella rustica var. syriaca'' Coen, 1933 * ''Columbella rustica var. syriaca'' Monterosato, 1899 * ''Columbella rustica var. trigonostoma'' Pallary, 1920 * ''Columbella striata'' Duclos, 1840 * ''Columbella striata'' Menke, 1829 * ''Pyrene rustica'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Voluta punctata'' T. Allan, 1818 * ''Voluta rustica'' Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) * ''Voluta tringa'' Linnaeus, 1758

References

* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition
vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. (2017). An assessment of the genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic. Zoosystema. 39(2): 197-212
Columbellidae Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Columbellidae-stub