title: Columbella
text: # 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
  