Columbariinae

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Scientific name Columbariidae Rank Family

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.

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:

Genus Columbarium - type genus

Columbarium aapta Harasewych, 1986

Columbarium altocanalis (Dell, 1956)

Columbarium atlantis

Columbarium aurora

Columbarium bartletti

Columbarium berthae

Columbarium brayi

Columbarium corollaceoum

Columbarium eastwoodae Kilburn

Columbarium electra

Columbarium formosissimum

Columbarium harrisae Harasewych, 1986

Columbarium hedleyi

Columbarium hystriculum

Columbarium juliae

Columbarium mariae (Powell, 1952)

Columbarium merope

Columbarium natalense

Columbarium pagoda Lesson, 1831

Columbarium pagodoides

Columbarium quadrativaricosum

Columbarium radiale

Columbarium sinensis

Columbarium spinicinctum von Martens, 1881

Columbarium spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)

Columbarium subcontractum

Columbarium suzukii

Columbarium veridicum Dell, 1963

Columbarium wormaldi Powell, 1971

Genus Coluzea

Genus Fulgurofusus

Genus Fustifusus

Genus Halia

Genus Histricosceptrum

Genus Peristarium

Genus Pusionella

Pusionella aculeiformis

Pusionella milleti

Pusionella nifat

Pusionella vulpina

Genus Serratifusus

References

Columbariinae Wikipedia

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Distribution

Genera and species

References