Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbariidae, the pagoda shells.[2]

The shells of most species in this family have a long siphonal canal and a noticeable peripheral keel.

Species

Species within the genus Columbarium include:

Synonyms:

References

  1. ^ von Martens E. (1881). "Description of non-marine Mollusca". Conchologische Mittheilungen 2: 103-121. page 105.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Columbarium Martens, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196943 on 2011-02-07
  3. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Columbarium bullatum (Dall, 1927). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532652 on 2011-04-24

Further reading

  • Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A Review of the Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the Western Atlantic With Notes on the Anatomy and Systematic Relationships of the Subfamily". Nemouria 27: 1-42, (Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History).
  • The Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the eastern Indian Ocean, by M.G. Harasewych, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7(3-4): 155–170, 1986
  • Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A New Species of Columbarium (Gastropoda: Muricacea) From Off Eastern Australia". The Nautilus 97(1): 28–29.
  • Harasewych M. G. (2011). "The living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand". Zootaxa 2744: 1-33.


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