Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea

Columbellidae Swainson, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphissa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Anachis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Astyris H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Columbella Lamarck, 1799
Euplica Dall, 1889
Mitrella Risso, 1826
Nassarina Dall, 1889
Nitidella Swainson, 1840
Pseudamycla Pace, 1902
Pyrene Röding, 1798
Seminella Pease, 1868
Suturoglypta Radwin, 1968
Zafra A. Adams, 1860
Zafrona Iredale, 1916

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: dove shells); dove snails sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Täubchenschnecken; Taubenschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: フトコロガイ／タモトガイ科

Literature

original description	Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp.
additional source	DeMaintenon, M. & Strong, E. E. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). PeerJ. 10: e13996.
status source	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
status source	Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194(3): 789-857.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbellidae Swainson, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23009