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Columbariidae
Sign in to saveColumbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Some 60 extant species have been described.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyColumbariidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 58
- With media
- 57
- Family
- Columbariidae
- Collections
- MNHN
- Recorded in
- Nouvelle-Caledonie
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Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Some 60 extant species have been described.
This family was previously considered a subfamily (Columbariinae) in the family Turbinellidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbariidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.