Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Scientific name Columbariidae Rank Family | |
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Subfamily Columbariinae
Tomlin, 1928 Similar Turbinellidae, Columbarium pagoda, Coralliophilinae, Costellariidae, Xenophoridae |
Columbariinae, also known as pagoda shells, are a subfamily of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. Some 60 extant species have been described.
Contents
This subfamily is in the family Turbinellidae within the clade Neogastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.
Genera and species
Genera in the subfamily Columbariinae include:
References
Columbariinae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA