Columbella
# Columbella

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

## Species

Species within the genus Columbella include:

* Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853
* Columbella aphthaegera R.P. Lesson, 1842
* Columbella aureomexicana (Howard, 1963)
* Columbella castanea G.B. Sowerby, 1832
* Columbella costa Simone, 2007
* Columbella dysoni Reeve, 1859
* Columbella fuscata G.B. Sowerby, 1832
* Columbella haemastoma Sowerby, 1832
* Columbella labiosa Sowerby, 1822
* Columbella major Sowerby, 1832
* Columbella marrae Garcia E., 1999
* Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Columbella paytensis Lesson, 1830
* Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Columbella rusticoides Heilprin, 1886
* Columbella socorroensis Shasky, 1970
* Columbella sonsonatensis (Mörch, 1860)
* Columbella strombiformis Lamarck, 1822
* Columbella xiphitella Duclos, 1840

### Nomen dubium

* Columbella erythraeensis:
* Columbella nomanensis:

### Taxa inquirenda

* Columbella aricia P.L. Duclos, 1846
* Columbella asopis P.L. Duclos, 1846
* Columbella azima P.L. Duclos, 1846
* Columbella cledonida P.L. Duclos, 1846
* Columbella helvia Duclos, 1846
* Columbella isabellina Crosse, 1865
* Columbella kirostra Duclos, 1840
* Columbella mariae Brazier, 1877
* Columbella menaletta Duclos, 1846
* Columbella michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1863
* Columbella ortigia Duclos, 1848
* Columbella prosymnia Duclos, 1850 (taxon inquirendum, a species of Chauvetia)
* Columbella strenella Duclos, 1840
* Columbella teophania Duclos, 1848
* Columbella testina Duclos, 1840
* Columbella ticaonis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (taxuse in recent literature currently undocumented)
* Columbella vitula Barnard, 1959

## Species brought into synonymy

* Columbella alabastrum v. Martens, 1880;: synonym of Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
* Columbella albina Kiener, 1840: synonym of Mitrella albina (Kiener, 1841)
* Columbella alphonsiana Hervier, 1900: synonym of Mitromorpha alphonsiana (Hervier, 1900)
* Columbella anakisia Duclos, 1850: synonym of Engina anakisia (Duclos, 1850)
* Columbella apicata Smith, 1899: synonym of Mitrella apicata (E. A. Smith, 1899)
* Columbella azora Duclos, 1846: synonym of Euplica festiva (Deshayes, 1834)
* Columbella catenata G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Anachis catenata (G.B. Sowerby, 1844)
* Columbella circumstriata Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella circumstriata (Schepman, 1911)
* Columbella concinna G.B. Sowerby I, 1822: synonym of Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Columbella coniformis G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Parametaria epamella (Duclos, 1840)
* Columbella conspersa: synonym of Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
* Columbella coronata G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Anachis coronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Columbella costellata G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858)
* Columbella costellata Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829: synonym of Anachis costellata (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
* Columbella decorata Gould, 1860 in 1859-61 : synonym of Anachis sertularium (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* Columbella decussata Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Pyrene decussata (Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella dibolos Barnard, 1964: synonym of Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897)
* Columbella dichroa G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Mitrella dichroa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella dormitor G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Mitromorpha dormitor (Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella duclosiana G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Pseudanachis duclosiana (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella elongata Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella longissima Monsecour & Monsecour, 2007
* Columbella exilis: synonym of Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849)
* Columbella eximia: synonym of Mitrella eximia (Reeve, 1846)
* Columbella fabula G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
* Columbella fasciata G.B. Sowerby I, 1825: synonym of Anachis fasciata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
* Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Pyrene flava (Bruguière, 1789)
* Columbella floccata Reeve, 1859: synonym of Mitrella floccata (Reeve, 1859)
* Columbella fluctuata G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Anachis fluctuata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807)
* Columbella galaxias: synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
* Columbella gervillei (Payraudeau 1826): synonym of Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
* Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1874: synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
* Columbella guttata G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Mitrella guttata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Columbella harpiformis G.B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Microcithara harpiformis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Columbella impolita G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Mitrella impolita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella jaspidea G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Metanachis jaspidea (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella kraussi G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: synonym of Anachis kraussi (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella levania Duclos, 1848: synonym of [unassigned] Mitromorphidae levania (Duclos, 1848) (taxon inquerendum)
* Columbella ligula Duclos: synonym of Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1835)
* Columbella linigera Duclos, 1846: synonym of [unassigned] Mitromorphidae linigera (Duclos, 1846) (taxon inquirendum)
* Columbella lysidia Duclos, 1850: synonym of Monilispira lysidia (Duclos, 1850)
* Columbella macandrewi G.B. Sowerby III, 1905: synonym of Mitrella macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
* Columbella mendicaria: synonym of Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Columbella mindoroensis: synonym of Mitrella mindorensis (Reeve, 1859)
* Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1846: synonym of Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
* Columbella moleculinella Dautzenberg, 1932 : synonym of Pyreneola shepstonensis (Smith, 1910)
* Columbella nympha: synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
* Columbella ostreicola G.B. Sowerby III, 1882: synonym of Anachis ostreicola (G.B. Sowerby III, 1882)
* Columbella pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896: synonym of Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897)
* Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
* Columbella philippinarum Reeve, 1842 : synonym of Parametaria epamella (Duclos, 1840)
* Columbella planaxiformis G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860)
* Columbella plexa Hedley, 1902: synonym of Retizafra plexa (Hedley, 1902)
* Columbella plutonida Duclos, 1846: synonym of Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846)
* Columbella profundi Dall, 1889: synonym of Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889)
* Columbella pumila Dunker, 1859: synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
* Columbella pupa G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of Pyreneola pupa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894)
* Columbella pusilla Pease, 1863: synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
* Columbella regulus Souverbie, 1863: synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
* Columbella richardi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906): synonym of Anachis richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
* Columbella savingyi: synonym of Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939)
* Columbella semipicta G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of Pyreneola semipicta (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894)
* Columbella simplex Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Mitrella simplex (Schepman, 1911)
* Columbella stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897: synonym of Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897)
* Columbella suavis Smith, 1906 : synonym of Astyris suavis (Smith, 1906)
* Columbella sublachryma Hervier, 1900: synonym of Anarithma sublachryma (Hervier, 1900)
* Columbella terpsichore: synonym of Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby II, 1822)
* Columbella testudinaria: synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
* Columbella tringa: synonym of Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)
* Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866: synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
* Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822)
* Columbella varians Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Euplica varians (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)
* Columbella versicolor Sowerby, 1832: synonym of Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)
* Columbella zebra (Wood, 1828): synonym of Anachis miser (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Columbella zonata Gould, 1860: synonym of Zafra mitriformis A. Adams, 1860

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species names are also in current use, or have become synonyms :

* Columbella perplexa Schepman, 1911
* Columbella supraplicata Smith, 1899
