Columbella fuscata

Columbella fuscata
A shell of Columbella fuscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Subfamily: Columbellinae
Genus: Columbella
Species: C. fuscata
Binomial name
Columbella fuscata
G. B. Sowerby I, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella fuscata var. pallescens Wimmer, 1880
  • Columbella luteola Kiener, 1841
  • Columbella meleagris Duclos, 1840
  • Columbella nodalina Duclos, 1840
  • Columbella vulpecula Duclos, 1846

Columbella fuscata, common name Burnt Dove Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

Shells of Columbella fuscata can reach a size of 11–22 millimetres (0.43–0.87 in).[2]

Distribution

This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos. [2]

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