Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aesopus arestus				1919
Aesopus benitoensis				2019
Aesopus chrysalloideus	Cocoon dovesnail	East Pacific.		1864
Aesopus clausiliformis		Western Central Pacific		1834
Aesopus cumingii		Western Central Pacific		1846
Aesopus eurytoideus		Western Central Pacific		1864
Aesopus fuscostrigatus		Western Central Pacific		1864
Aesopus goforthi		Western Central Pacific		1912
Aesopus gracilis		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	2004
Aesopus japonicus		Western Atlantic.		1860
Aesopus metcalfei		Western Atlantic.
Aesopus myrmecoon	Ant-egg dovesnail	East Pacific.		1916
Aesopus obesus		Western Central Atlantic	1.4 NG	1844
Aesopus sanctus	Santa Monica dovesnail	East Pacific.		1919
Aesopus spiculus		Western Central Pacific		1846
Aesopus stearnsii		Western Atlantic	0.6 DL	1883
Aesopus subturritus	Graceful dovesnail	East Pacific.		1864
Alia carinata	Carinate dovesnail	Northeast Pacific	1 NG	1844
Alia gausapata		Northeast Pacific		1850
Alia tuberosa	Variegate dovesnail	East Pacific.		1864
Alia unifasciata		Eastern Pacific.	1.2 DL	1832
Amphissa acuminata		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.5 DL	1915
Amphissa acutecostata	Atlantic Amphissa	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.2 TL	1844
Amphissa bicolor	Two-tone Amphissa	East Pacific.		1892
Amphissa columbiana	Wrinkled Amphissa	Eastern Pacific	2.5 NG	1916
Amphissa cymata	Wavy Amphissa	East Pacific.		1916
Amphissa haliaeeti		East Pacific.		1867
Amphissa reticulata	Reticulate Amphissa	East Pacific.		1916
Amphissa undata		East Pacific.		1864
Amphissa versicolor	Variegate Amphissa	Northeast Pacific	1.5 SHH	1871
Anachis acuta		Northeast Pacific		1873
Anachis adelinae		Northeast Pacific		1883
Anachis albella		Northeast Pacific	5.3 DL	1850
Anachis aliceae		Mediterranean Sea.		1900
Anachis alliouagana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2004
Anachis avara	Greedy dove-shell	Western Central Atlantic		1822
Anachis bastionii		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Anachis carloslirai		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1996
Anachis catenata	Chain dove-shell	Western Central Atlantic		1844
Anachis coronata		Western Central Atlantic		1832
Anachis coseli		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 NG	1991
Anachis diminuta		Western Central Atlantic		1852
Anachis domlamyi		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Anachis donnae		Western Indian Ocean		1994
Anachis electona		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1840
Anachis fauroti		Western Indian Ocean.		1888
Anachis fayae		Western Indian Ocean.		1971
Anachis fenneli		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1968
Anachis floridana		Western Central Atlantic	1.2 DL	1939
Anachis gaskoini		Western Central Atlantic		1857
Anachis hilli		Western Central Atlantic		1932
Anachis hotessieriana	Hotessier's dove-shell	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1842
Anachis iontha		Western Atlantic.		1861
Anachis isabellei		Western Atlantic.		1839
Anachis jungi		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	2004
Anachis kathleenae		Western Indian Ocean		2022
Anachis lafresnayi	Well-ribbed dove snail	Western Central Atlantic		1856
Anachis leblondae		Western Central Atlantic		2020
Anachis lyrata		Western Central Atlantic	1.8 NG	1832
Anachis madagascarensis		Western Central Atlantic		2019
Anachis miser	Miser dove shell	Indo-Pacific.	1.5 BL	1844
Anachis mogolloni		Indo-Pacific.		2021
Anachis obesa		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1845
Anachis paumotensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1883
Anachis pellucida		Eastern Central Pacific		2019
Anachis penicillata		Eastern Central Pacific		1865
Anachis pulchella		Eastern Central Pacific	9 DL	1829
Anachis pygmaea		Eastern Central Pacific		1832
Anachis rassierensis		Western Indian Ocean		1985
Anachis raysutana		Western Indian Ocean		1985
Anachis rhodae		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1968
Anachis samanensis		Western Atlantic.
Anachis sanfelipensis		Western Atlantic.		1935
Anachis semiplicata		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1873
Anachis similis		Western Atlantic.		1889
Anachis sparsa		Western Atlantic.		1859
Anachis splendens		Western Indian Ocean		2022
Anachis subturrita		Western Indian Ocean		1866
Anachis translirata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1861
Anachis unidens		Western Atlantic.		2020
Anachis veleda		Western Atlantic.		1846
Anachis vexillum		Western Atlantic.		1858
Ascalista letourneuxi		Eastern Central Pacific		2015
Ascalista polita		Indo-Pacific.		1875
Astyris amiantis		Indo-Pacific.		1919
Astyris amphissella		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1881
Astyris angeli		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2004
Astyris antares		Western Central Atlantic	0.4 DL	2001
Astyris aurantiaca	Golden dovesnail	East Pacific.		1871
Astyris bonariensis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1967
Astyris diaphana	Translucent dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1882
Astyris frumarkernorum		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2009
Astyris gausapata	Shaggy dovesnail	Eastern Pacific		1850
Astyris guanahaniensis		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Astyris hypodra		Western Atlantic.		1916
Astyris labecula		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1862
Astyris lattis		Western Atlantic.		2019
Astyris lunata	Lunar dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1826
Astyris multilineata	Brown-band dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1889
Astyris profundi	Deepwater dovesnail	Atlantic Ocean.	0.8 DL	1889
Astyris pura	Simple dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1882
Astyris raveneli		Western Atlantic	1.0 DL	1889
Astyris rolani		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2004
Astyris rosacea	Rosy Northern dovesnail	Eastern Pacific, Arctic a	1.3 DL	1839
Astyris rubra		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1881
Astyris stricta		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1882
Astyris verrilli		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1881
Clathranachis japonica		Indo-Pacific.		1860
Columbella adansoni		Indo-Pacific.		1853
Columbella aureomexicana		Indo-Pacific.		1963
Columbella barbadensis		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1847
Columbella castanea		Southeast Pacific		1832
Columbella costa		Western Atlantic.	2.0 DL	2007
Columbella dysoni		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1858
Columbella mercatoria	West Indian dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1758
Columbella rustica	Rustica dove shell	Mediterranean Sea.		1758
Columbella rusticoides	Rusty dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1886
Columbellopsis nycteis	Fenestrate dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1846
Conella ovulata		Western Central Atlantic.	2 DL	1822
Conella ovuloides		Western Central Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1850
Cosmioconcha calliglypta	Flame dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.7 DL	1901
Cosmioconcha dedonderi		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	2006
Cosmioconcha geigeri		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2006
Cosmioconcha helenae		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1983
Cosmioconcha humfreyi		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1988
Cosmioconcha modesta		Western Atlantic.		1935
Cosmioconcha nana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2007
Cosmioconcha nitens		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1850
Cosmioconcha palmeri		Western Atlantic.		1913
Cosmioconcha parvula		Western Atlantic.		1912
Cosmioconcha pergracilis		Western Atlantic.		1913
Cosmioconcha rikae		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	2006
Costoanachis avara	Greedy dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1822
Costoanachis bacalladoi		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	2008
Costoanachis carmelita		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	2007
Costoanachis cascabulloi		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	2004
Costoanachis catenata	Chain dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	1 DL	1844
Costoanachis demanorum		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1988
Costoanachis elata		Western Atlantic.		1859
Costoanachis floridana	Florida dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1939
Costoanachis lafresnayi	Well-ribbed dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	2.1 DL	1857
Costoanachis lineolata		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1846
Costoanachis nisitella		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1840
Costoanachis roberti		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	2006
Costoanachis rudyi		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	2006
Costoanachis scutulata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1859
Costoanachis semiplicata	Gulf dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1873
Costoanachis sertulariarum		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1839
Costoanachis similis		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1861
Costoanachis sparsa	Sparse dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1859
Cotonopsis argentea		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL	1983
Cotonopsis hirundo		Indo-Pacific.		1852
Cotonopsis lindae		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1988
Cotonopsis pointieri		Western Atlantic.		2020
Cotonopsis semistriata		Western Atlantic.		2020
Cotonopsis serratisutura		Western Atlantic.		2020
Decipifus kristenseni		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 DL	1988
Decipifus sixaolus		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL	1958
Euplica bidentata		Eastern Indian Ocean	1 BL	1843
Euplica borealis		Indo-Pacific.	0.7 BL	1904
Euplica brunnidentata		Western Central Pacific		2008
Euplica deshayesii		Indo-Pacific	1.3 BL	1859
Euplica ionida		Indo-Pacific.	0.6 BL	1840
Euplica livescens		Indo-Pacific.	1.5 BL	1859
Euplica loisae		Eastern Pacific		1980
Euplica scripta		Indo-Pacific.	1.5 BL	1822
Euplica turturina	Turtle dove shell	Indo-Pacific.	1.3 BL	1822
Euplica varians		Indo-Pacific. Both tropi	1 BL	1832
Eurypyrene ledaluciae		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	1981
Falsuszafrona pseudopulchella		Western Atlantic.		2020
Graphicomassa albina		Western Central Pacific.		1841
Graphicomassa ligula		Western Pacific.		1840
Graphicomassa margarita		Western Pacific.		1859
Indomitrella conspersa		Indo-Pacific	1.2 BL	1851
Indomitrella lischkei		Indo-Pacific.		1879
Indomitrella puella		Indo-Pacific.	1.5 BL	1844
Indomitrella schepmani		Indo-Pacific.		2007
Liratilia compta		Indo-Pacific.		1930
Liratilia subnodosa		Southwest Pacific		1934
Macrozafra smithi		Indo-Pacific.	0.4 BL	1877
Macrozafra vivens		Southwest Pacific		1934
Mazatlania cosentini		Western Atlantic	2 DL	1836
Mazatlania fulgurata		Western Atlantic and East	1 DL	1846
Metanachis calliope		Indo-Pacific.		1903
Metanachis jaspidea		Indo-Pacific.	1.2 BL	1844
Metanachis laingensis		Western Central Pacific		1985
Metanachis marquesa		Indo-Pacific		1852
Metulella columbellata		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1889
Minimanachis exigua		Western Atlantic.		2020
Minimanachis pulla		Western Atlantic.		2020
Mitrella admodumparva		Western Atlantic.		2020
Mitrella agatha		Western Indian Ocean		1904
Mitrella albobrunnea		Western Indian Ocean		2020
Mitrella albuginosa		Western Indian Ocean		1859
Mitrella alofa		Eastern Central Pacific		1899
Mitrella annae		Eastern Central Pacific		2021
Mitrella appressa		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Mitrella ardovinii		Western Atlantic.		2021
Mitrella argus		Western Atlantic.		1842
Mitrella aurantiaca		Western Atlantic.		1871
Mitrella baccata		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	1852
Mitrella baculus		Indo-Pacific.		1859
Mitrella bella		Indo-Pacific.	1 BL	1859
Mitrella bicincta	Variegated dove shell	Indo-Pacific.		1860
Mitrella bicinctella		Indo-Pacific.		1928
Mitrella blanda		Western Indian Ocean.		1844
Mitrella broderipii		Mediterranean Sea.		1844
Mitrella bruggeni		Mediterranean Sea.		1984
Mitrella brugneauxae		Mediterranean Sea.		2020
Mitrella burchardi		Northwest Pacific		1877
Mitrella cabofrioensis		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	2001
Mitrella callimorpha		Western Atlantic.		1919
Mitrella carinata		Western Atlantic.		1844
Mitrella cartwrighti		Western Indian Ocean		1897
Mitrella caulerpae		Western Indian Ocean		1971
Mitrella circumstriata		Western Central Pacific		1911
Mitrella clementensis	San Clemente dovesnail	East Pacific.		1927
Mitrella corbariae		East Pacific.		2020
Mitrella cruenta		East Pacific.		2020
Mitrella crumena		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1924
Mitrella densilineata		Western Atlantic.		1864
Mitrella diaphana		Western Atlantic.		1882
Mitrella dichroa	Argus dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1844
Mitrella dicomata		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1889
Mitrella dissimilis		Western Atlantic.		1851
Mitrella dorma		Western Atlantic.		1938
Mitrella elegantia		Western Atlantic.		2020
Mitrella embusa		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Mitrella enida		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Mitrella essingtonensis		Western Central Pacific		1859
Mitrella euribia		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Mitrella fuscolineata		Western Atlantic.		2020
Mitrella fusiformis		Indo-Pacific.	0.7 BL	1868
Mitrella gausapata		Indo-Pacific.		1850
Mitrella georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1924
Mitrella gervillii	Dove shell	Mediterranean Sea.		1826
Mitrella glycochroma		Mediterranean Sea.		2020
Mitrella gourgueti		Eastern Central Pacific		2015
Mitrella granti		Eastern Central Pacific		1935
Mitrella guttata		Southeast Pacific		1832
Mitrella hypodra		Southeast Pacific		1916
Mitrella idalina	Idaline dove-shell	Western Central Atlantic		1840
Mitrella lincolnensis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1859
Mitrella lischkei		Eastern Indian Ocean		1879
Mitrella longissima		Western Central Pacific		2006
Mitrella loyaltyensis		Indo-Pacific	0.7 BL	1899
Mitrella lunata	Lunate dove-shell	Western Central Atlantic	5.4 DL	1826
Mitrella margarita		Indo-Pacific.	0.9 BL	1859
Mitrella marquesa		Western Central Pacific		1852
Mitrella mindorensis		Western Central Pacific		1859

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Columbellidae dove shells(See list of species below)

Family: Columbellidae dove shells

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