Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 79 specimens in 16 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 8 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.3 - 226.771
Temperature range (°C): 24.678 - 26.401
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.152 - 2.158
Salinity (PPS): 36.667 - 37.244
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.706 - 4.848
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.191
Silicate (umol/l): 1.366 - 2.691
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.3 - 226.771
Temperature range (°C): 24.678 - 26.401
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.152 - 2.158
Salinity (PPS): 36.667 - 37.244
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.706 - 4.848
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.191
Silicate (umol/l): 1.366 - 2.691
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 8 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.3 - 226.771
Temperature range (°C): 24.678 - 26.401
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.152 - 2.158
Salinity (PPS): 36.667 - 37.244
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.706 - 4.848
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.191
Silicate (umol/l): 1.366 - 2.691
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.3 - 226.771
Temperature range (°C): 24.678 - 26.401
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.152 - 2.158
Salinity (PPS): 36.667 - 37.244
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.706 - 4.848
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.108 - 0.191
Silicate (umol/l): 1.366 - 2.691
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Known predators
Columbella (Acmaea, Amphissa, Columbella) is prey of:
Leptasterias
Cribina
Actinopterygii
Based on studies in:
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Leptasterias
Cribina
Actinopterygii
Based on studies in:
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- W. G. Hewatt, Ecological studies on selected marine intertidal communities of Monterey Bay, California, Am. Midl. Nat. 18(2):161-206, from p. 196 (1937).
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Known prey organisms
Columbella (Acmaea, Amphissa, Columbella) preys on:
encrusting and mat-forming algae
Based on studies in:
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
encrusting and mat-forming algae
Based on studies in:
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- W. G. Hewatt, Ecological studies on selected marine intertidal communities of Monterey Bay, California, Am. Midl. Nat. 18(2):161-206, from p. 196 (1937).
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Wikipedia
Columbella
Columbella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Columbella include:[1]
- Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853[2]
- Columbella aureomexicana (Howard, 1963)
- Columbella castanea G.B. Sowerby, 1832
- Columbella costa Simone, 2007[3]
- Columbella dysoni Reeve, 1859
- Columbella fuscata G.B. Sowerby, 1832
- Columbella haemastoma G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
- Columbella labiosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1822
- Columbella major G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
- Columbella marrae Garcia E., 1999[4]
- Columbella mercatoria Lamarck[5]
- Columbella paytensis Lesson, 1830
- Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
- Columbella rusticoides Heilprin, 1886[7]
- Columbella socorroensis Shasky, 1970
- Columbella sonsonatensis (Mörch, 1860)
- Columbella strombiformis Lamarck, 1822
- Nomen dubium
- Species brought into synonymy
- [1]
- Columbella alabastrum v. Martens, 1880;:[10] synonym of Mitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
- Columbella albina Kiener, 1840:[11] synonym of Mitrella albina (Kiener, 1841)
- Columbella apicata Smith, 1899: synonym of Mitrella apicata (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Columbella azora Duclos, 1846:[12] 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:[13] 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 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:[14] synonym of Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849)
- Columbella eximia:[15] 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):[16] 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:[17] synonym of Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807)
- Columbella galaxias:[18] synonym of Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
- Columbella gervillei (Payraudeau 1826): synonym of Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1874:[19] 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 ligula Duclos:[20] synonym of Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1835)
- Columbella macandrewi G.B. Sowerby III, 1905: synonym of Mitrella macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
- Columbella mendicaria:[21] synonym of Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Columbella mindoroensis:[22] synonym of Mitrella mindorensis (Reeve, 1859)
- Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1846:[23] synonym of Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
- Columbella moleculinella Dautzenberg, 1932 : synonym of Pyreneola shepstonensis (Smith, 1910)
- Columbella nympha:[24] 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:[25] 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 plutonida Duclos, 1846:[26] synonym of Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846)
- Columbella profundi Dall, 1889:[27] synonym of Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889)
- Columbella pumila Dunker, 1859:[28] synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Columbella pupa G.B. Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of Pyreneola pupa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894)
- Columbella regulus Souverbie, 1863:[29] synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1858)
- Columbella richardi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906):[30] synonym of Anachis richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Columbella savingyi:[31] 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 terpsichore:[32] synonym of Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby II, 1822)
- Columbella testudinaria:[33] synonym of Pardalinops testudinaria (Link, 1807)
- Columbella tringa:[34] synonym of Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)
- Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866:[35] synonym of Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
- Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822:[36] synonym of Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Columbella varians Sowerby, 1832:[37] synonym of Euplica varians (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)
- Columbella versicolor Sowerby, 1832:[38] synonym of Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species names are also in current use, or have become synonyms :[1][39]
- Columbella perplexa Schepman, 1911
- Columbella supraplicata Smith, 1899
References
- ^ a b c d Columbella Lamarck, 1799. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 June 2012.
- ^ Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella costa Simone, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella marrae Garcia E., 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella mercatoria Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella rusticoides Heilprin, 1886. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella erythraeensis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella nomanensis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella alabastrum v. Martens, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella albina Kiener, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella azora Duclos, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella conspersa . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella exilis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella eximia . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella flava (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella fulgurans Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella galaxias . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella gowllandi Brazier, 1874. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella ligula Duclos. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella mendicaria . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella mindoroensis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella moleculina Duclos, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella nympha . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella pardalina Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella plutonida Duclos, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella profundi Dall, 1889. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella pumila Dunker, 1859. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella regulus Souverbie, 1863. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella richardi (Dautzenberg & Fisher, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella savingyi . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella terpsichore . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella testudinaria . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella tringa . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella troglodytes Souverbie, 1866. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella turturina Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella varians Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Columbella versicolor Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ OBIS : Columbella
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