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

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250 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)
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Aesopus clausiliformis
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Aesopus cumingii
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Aesopus gracilis
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Aesopus obesus
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Aesopus spiculus
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Aesopus stearnsii
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Alia carinata
[Carinate dovesnail]
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Alia gausapata
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Amphissa acuminata
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Amphissa acutecostata
[Atlantic Amphissa]
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Amphissa bicolor
[Two-tone Amphissa]


Amphissa columbiana
[Wrinkled Amphissa]
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Amphissa reticulata
[Reticulate Amphissa]
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Amphissa versicolor
[Variegate Amphissa]
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Anachis aliceae
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Anachis alliouagana
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Anachis carloslirai
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Anachis coseli
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Anachis donnae
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Anachis electona
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Anachis fauroti
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Anachis fenneli
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Anachis floridana
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Anachis hotessieriana
[Hotessier's dove-shell]
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Anachis jungi
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Anachis kathleenae
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Anachis lafresnayi
[Well-ribbed dove snail]
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Anachis lyrata
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Anachis miser
[Miser dove shell]


Anachis obesa
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Anachis paumotensis
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Anachis rassierensis
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Anachis raysutana
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Anachis rhodae
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Anachis splendens
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Anachis translirata
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Ascalista letourneuxi
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Ascalista polita
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Astyris amphissella
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Astyris angeli
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Astyris antares
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Astyris bonariensis
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Astyris diaphana
[Translucent dovesnail]
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Astyris frumarkernorum
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Astyris gausapata
[Shaggy dovesnail]
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Astyris guanahaniensis
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Astyris lunata
[Lunar dovesnail]
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Astyris multilineata
[Brown-band dovesnail]
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Astyris profundi
[Deepwater dovesnail]
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Astyris pura
[Simple dovesnail]
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Astyris raveneli
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Astyris rolani
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Astyris rosacea
[Rosy Northern dovesnail]
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Astyris rubra
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Astyris stricta
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Astyris verrilli
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Columbella barbadensis
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Columbella castanea
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Columbella costa
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Columbella dysoni
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Columbella mercatoria
[West Indian dovesnail]
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Columbella rustica
[Rustica dove shell]
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Columbella rusticoides
[Rusty dovesnail]


Columbellopsis nycteis
[Fenestrate dovesnail]
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Conella ovulata
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Conella ovuloides
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Cosmioconcha calliglypta
[Flame dovesnail]
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Cosmioconcha dedonderi
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Cosmioconcha geigeri
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Cosmioconcha helenae
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Cosmioconcha humfreyi
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Cosmioconcha nana
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Cosmioconcha nitens
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Cosmioconcha rikae
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Costoanachis avara
[Greedy dovesnail]
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Costoanachis bacalladoi
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Costoanachis carmelita
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Costoanachis cascabulloi
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Costoanachis catenata
[Chain dovesnail]
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Costoanachis demanorum
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Costoanachis floridana
[Florida dovesnail]
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Costoanachis lineolata
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Costoanachis roberti
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Costoanachis rudyi
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Costoanachis scutulata
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Costoanachis semiplicata
[Gulf dovesnail]
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Costoanachis sertulariarum
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Costoanachis similis
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Costoanachis sparsa
[Sparse dovesnail]
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Cotonopsis argentea
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Cotonopsis lindae
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Decipifus kristenseni
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Decipifus sixaolus
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Euplica bidentata
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Euplica borealis
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Euplica brunnidentata
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Euplica deshayesii
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Euplica ionida
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Euplica livescens
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Euplica loisae
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Euplica scripta
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Euplica turturina
[Turtle dove shell]


Euplica varians
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Eurypyrene ledaluciae
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Graphicomassa albina
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Graphicomassa ligula
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Indomitrella conspersa
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Indomitrella schepmani
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Liratilia subnodosa
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Macrozafra vivens
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Mazatlania cosentini
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Mazatlania fulgurata
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Metanachis jaspidea
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Metanachis laingensis
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Metanachis marquesa
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Metulella columbellata
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Mitrella agatha
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Mitrella alofa
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Mitrella appressa
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Mitrella baccata
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Mitrella bella
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Mitrella bicincta
[Variegated dove shell]
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Mitrella bicinctella
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Mitrella blanda
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Mitrella broderipii
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Mitrella bruggeni
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Mitrella burchardi
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Mitrella cabofrioensis
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Mitrella cartwrighti
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Mitrella circumstriata
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Mitrella crumena
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Mitrella dichroa
[Argus dovesnail]
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Mitrella dicomata
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Mitrella embusa
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Mitrella enida
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Mitrella essingtonensis
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Mitrella euribia
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Mitrella fusiformis
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Mitrella georgiana
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Mitrella gervillii
[Dove shell]
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Mitrella gourgueti
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Mitrella guttata
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Mitrella lincolnensis
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Mitrella longissima
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Mitrella loyaltyensis
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Mitrella lunata
[Lunate dove-shell]


Mitrella margarita
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Mitrella marquesa
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Mitrella mindorensis
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Mitrella minor
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Mitrella moleculina
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Mitrella nympha
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Mitrella ocellata
[White-spot dovesnail]
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Mitrella pallaryi
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Mitrella perlucida
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Mitrella philia
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Mitrella projecta
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Mitrella proscripta
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Mitrella psilla
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Mitrella pudica
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Mitrella puella
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Mitrella pulla
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Mitrella rorida
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Mitrella russeli
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Mitrella sagenata
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Mitrella sanctaehelenae
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Mitrella scripta
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Mitrella stemma
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Mitrella tenuis
[Inflated dove shell]
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Mitrella tosatoi
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Mitrella tuberosa
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Mitrella undulata
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Mitrella verrillii
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Mitrella vidua
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Mokumea albovittata
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Mokumea fuscolineata
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Mokumea mokum
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Nassarina bushiae
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Nassarina glypta
[Engraved dovesnail]
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Nassarina metabrunnea
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Nassarina thetys
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Nitidella nitida
[Glossy dovesnail]
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Nodochila pascua
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Parvanachis isabellei
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Parvanachis masirana
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Parvanachis nigricans
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Parvanachis obesa
[Fat dovesnail]
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Parvanachis ostreicola
[Oyster dovesnail]
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Parvanachis paessleri
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Parvanachis radwini
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Pictocolumbella ocellata
[Lightning dove-shell]
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Pyrene deshayesii
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Pyrene flava
[Yellow dove shell]
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Pyrene obtusa
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Pyrene punctata
[Punctate dove shell]


Pyrene scripta
[Dotted dove shell]
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Pyrene splendidula
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Pyrene testudinaria
[Tortoise dove-shell]
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Pyrene turturina
[Turtle dove-shell]
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Pyrene varians
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Pyreneola melvilli
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Rhombinella laevigata
[Smooth dovesnail]
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Salitra radwini
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Seminella makemoensis
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Seminella peasei
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Seminella varia
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Seminella virginea
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Steironepion maculatum
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Steironepion minor
[Banded dovesnail]
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Steironepion moniliferum
[Many-spotted dovesnail]
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Strombina francesae
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Strombina fusinoidea
[Slender strombina]
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Strombina pumilio
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Sulcomitrella kanamaruana
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Sulcomitrella monodonta
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Suturoglypta iontha
[Lineate dovesnail]
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Suturoglypta pretrii
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Suturoglypta procera
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Zafra australensis
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Zafra brevissima
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Zafra comistea
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Zafra debilis
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Zafra exilis
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Zafra fuscolineata
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Zafra hervieri
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Zafra kermadecensis
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Zafra minuta
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Zafra mitriformis
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Zafra obesula
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Zafra ocellatula
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Zafra ornata
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Zafra phaula
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Zafra pumila
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Zafra rapanuiensis
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Zafra regulus
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Zafra savignyi
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Zafra selasphora
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Zafra semiclatriata
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Zafra succinea
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Zafra troglodytes
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Zafra vercoi
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Zafrona belkisae
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Zafrona diversa
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Zafrona idalina
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Zafrona isomella
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Zafrona lindae
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Zafrona pulchella
[Beautiful dovesnail]
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Zafrona striatula
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Zafrona sunderlandi
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Zafrona taylorae
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250 Species of Family Columbellidae
(dove shells)
Sort by: Species Length
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Aesopus clausiliformis Western Central Pacific
Aesopus cumingii Western Central Pacific
Aesopus gracilis Western Atlantic. 1.07 DL
Aesopus obesus Western Central Atlantic 1.4 NG
Aesopus spiculus Western Central Pacific
Aesopus stearnsii Western Atlantic 0.6 DL
Alia carinata Carinate dovesnail Northeast Pacific 1 NG
Alia gausapata Northeast Pacific
Amphissa acuminata Southeast Pacific and Sou 1.5 DL
Amphissa acutecostata Atlantic Amphissa Atlantic Ocean and the Me 1.2 TL
Amphissa bicolor Two-tone Amphissa East Pacific.
Amphissa columbiana Wrinkled Amphissa Eastern Pacific 2.5 NG
Amphissa reticulata Reticulate Amphissa East Pacific.
Amphissa versicolor Variegate Amphissa Northeast Pacific 1.5 SHH
Anachis aliceae Mediterranean Sea.
Anachis alliouagana Western Atlantic. 0.41 DL
Anachis carloslirai Western Atlantic. 1.37 DL
Anachis coseli Western Central Atlantic 1.5 NG
Anachis donnae Western Indian Ocean
Anachis electona Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Anachis fauroti Western Indian Ocean.
Anachis fenneli Western Atlantic. 0.76 DL
Anachis floridana Western Central Atlantic 1.22 DL
Anachis hotessieriana Hotessier's dove-shell Western Atlantic. 0.77 DL
Anachis jungi Western Atlantic. 0.92 DL
Anachis kathleenae Western Indian Ocean
Anachis lafresnayi Well-ribbed dove snail Western Central Atlantic
Anachis lyrata Western Central Atlantic 1.8 NG
Anachis miser Miser dove shell Indo-Pacific. 1.5 BL
Anachis obesa Western Atlantic. 0.89 DL
Anachis paumotensis Eastern Central Pacific
Anachis rassierensis Western Indian Ocean
Anachis raysutana Western Indian Ocean
Anachis rhodae Western Atlantic. 0.8 DL
Anachis splendens Western Indian Ocean
Anachis translirata Western Atlantic. 1.6 DL
Ascalista letourneuxi Eastern Central Pacific
Ascalista polita Indo-Pacific.
Astyris amphissella Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Astyris angeli Western Atlantic. 0.42 DL
Astyris antares Western Central Atlantic 0.36 DL
Astyris bonariensis Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Astyris diaphana Translucent dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Astyris frumarkernorum Western Atlantic. 0.48 DL
Astyris gausapata Shaggy dovesnail Eastern Pacific
Astyris guanahaniensis Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Astyris lunata Lunar dovesnail Western Atlantic. 0.54 DL
Astyris multilineata Brown-band dovesnail Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Astyris profundi Deepwater dovesnail Atlantic Ocean. 0.8 DL
Astyris pura Simple dovesnail Western Atlantic Ocean. 0.3 DL
Astyris raveneli Western Atlantic 0.95 DL
Astyris rolani Western Atlantic. 0.41 DL
Astyris rosacea Rosy Northern dovesnail Eastern Pacific, Arctic a 1.3 DL
Astyris rubra Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Astyris stricta Western Atlantic. 0.64 DL
Astyris verrilli Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Columbella barbadensis Western Atlantic. 1.5 DL
Columbella castanea Southeast Pacific
Columbella costa Western Atlantic. 2.03 DL
Columbella dysoni Western Atlantic. 1.7 DL
Columbella mercatoria West Indian dovesnail Western Atlantic. 2.35 DL
Columbella rustica Rustica dove shell Mediterranean Sea.
Columbella rusticoides Rusty dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.45 DL
Columbellopsis nycteis Fenestrate dovesnail Western Central Atlantic. 0.58 DL
Conella ovulata Western Central Atlantic. 2 DL
Conella ovuloides Western Central Atlantic. 1.78 DL
Cosmioconcha calliglypta Flame dovesnail Western Atlantic Ocean. 0.73 DL
Cosmioconcha dedonderi Western Atlantic. 1.12 DL
Cosmioconcha geigeri Western Atlantic. 0.58 DL
Cosmioconcha helenae Western Atlantic. 1.23 DL
Cosmioconcha humfreyi Western Atlantic. 1.17 DL
Cosmioconcha nana Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Cosmioconcha nitens Western Atlantic. 1.45 DL
Cosmioconcha rikae Western Atlantic. 0.82 DL
Costoanachis avara Greedy dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.45 DL
Costoanachis bacalladoi Western Atlantic. 0.698 DL
Costoanachis carmelita Western Atlantic. 0.82 DL
Costoanachis cascabulloi Western Atlantic. 0.74 DL
Costoanachis catenata Chain dovesnail Western Atlantic Ocean. 1 DL
Costoanachis demanorum Western Atlantic. 0.51 DL
Costoanachis floridana Florida dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.22 DL
Costoanachis lineolata Western Atlantic. 0.95 DL
Costoanachis roberti Western Atlantic. 1.22 DL
Costoanachis rudyi Western Atlantic. 1.02 DL
Costoanachis scutulata Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Costoanachis semiplicata Gulf dovesnail Western Central Atlantic. 1.42 DL
Costoanachis sertulariarum Western Atlantic. 1.3 DL
Costoanachis similis Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Costoanachis sparsa Sparse dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Cotonopsis argentea Western Atlantic. 4.3 DL
Cotonopsis lindae Western Atlantic. 2.4 DL
Decipifus kristenseni Western Central Atlantic 0.5 DL
Decipifus sixaolus Western Atlantic 0.5 DL
Euplica bidentata Eastern Indian Ocean 1 BL
Euplica borealis Indo-Pacific. 0.7 BL
Euplica brunnidentata Western Central Pacific
Euplica deshayesii Indo-Pacific 1.3 BL
Euplica ionida Indo-Pacific. 0.6 BL
Euplica livescens Indo-Pacific. 1.5 BL
Euplica loisae Eastern Pacific
Euplica scripta Indo-Pacific. 1.5 BL
Euplica turturina Turtle dove shell Indo-Pacific. 1.3 BL
Euplica varians Indo-Pacific. Both tropi 1 BL
Eurypyrene ledaluciae Western Atlantic. 2.72 DL
Graphicomassa albina Western Central Pacific.
Graphicomassa ligula Western Pacific.
Indomitrella conspersa Indo-Pacific 1.2 BL
Indomitrella schepmani Indo-Pacific.
Liratilia subnodosa Southwest Pacific
Macrozafra vivens Southwest Pacific
Mazatlania cosentini Western Atlantic 2 DL
Mazatlania fulgurata Western Atlantic and East 1 DL
Metanachis jaspidea Indo-Pacific. 1.2 BL
Metanachis laingensis Western Central Pacific
Metanachis marquesa Indo-Pacific
Metulella columbellata Western Atlantic. 1.5 DL
Mitrella agatha Western Indian Ocean
Mitrella alofa Eastern Central Pacific
Mitrella appressa Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Mitrella baccata Western Atlantic. 1.35 DL
Mitrella bella Indo-Pacific. 1 BL
Mitrella bicincta Variegated dove shell Indo-Pacific.
Mitrella bicinctella Indo-Pacific.
Mitrella blanda Western Indian Ocean.
Mitrella broderipii Mediterranean Sea.
Mitrella bruggeni Mediterranean Sea.
Mitrella burchardi Northwest Pacific
Mitrella cabofrioensis Western Atlantic. 0.95 DL
Mitrella cartwrighti Western Indian Ocean
Mitrella circumstriata Western Central Pacific
Mitrella crumena Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL
Mitrella dichroa Argus dovesnail Western Atlantic. 0.68 DL
Mitrella dicomata Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL
Mitrella embusa Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Mitrella enida Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Mitrella essingtonensis Western Central Pacific
Mitrella euribia Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL
Mitrella fusiformis Indo-Pacific. 0.7 BL
Mitrella georgiana Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Mitrella gervillii Dove shell Mediterranean Sea.
Mitrella gourgueti Eastern Central Pacific
Mitrella guttata Southeast Pacific
Mitrella lincolnensis Eastern Indian Ocean
Mitrella longissima Western Central Pacific
Mitrella loyaltyensis Indo-Pacific 0.7 BL
Mitrella lunata Lunate dove-shell Western Central Atlantic 5.4 DL
Mitrella margarita Indo-Pacific. 0.9 BL
Mitrella marquesa Western Central Pacific
Mitrella mindorensis Western Central Pacific
Mitrella minor Mediterranean Sea.
Mitrella moleculina Indo-Pacific. 0.6 BL
Mitrella nympha Indo-Pacific.
Mitrella ocellata White-spot dovesnail Eastern Pacific and Atlan 1.3 DL
Mitrella pallaryi Mediterranean Sea.
Mitrella perlucida Western Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Mitrella philia Eastern Central Pacific
Mitrella projecta Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Mitrella proscripta Eastern Atlantic. 0.4 DL
Mitrella psilla Introduced to the Mediter
Mitrella pudica Western Central Pacific
Mitrella puella Western Pacific
Mitrella pulla Eastern Indian Ocean
Mitrella rorida Indo-Pacific. 0.5 BL
Mitrella russeli Eastern Central Pacific
Mitrella sagenata Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Mitrella sanctaehelenae Eastern Atlantic. 0.75 DL
Mitrella scripta Northwest Pacific and Med
Mitrella stemma Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Mitrella tenuis Inflated dove shell Indo-Pacific.
Mitrella tosatoi Western Atlantic. 2.63 DL
Mitrella tuberosa Canada
Mitrella undulata Western Central Pacific
Mitrella verrillii Western Atlantic. 1.02 DL
Mitrella vidua Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL
Mokumea albovittata Western Atlantic. 0.37 DL
Mokumea fuscolineata Eastern Indian Ocean
Mokumea mokum Western Atlantic. 0.27 DL
Nassarina bushiae Western Atlantic. 0.915 DL
Nassarina glypta Engraved dovesnail Western Atlantic. 0.58 DL
Nassarina metabrunnea Western Atlantic 0.8 DL
Nassarina thetys Western Atlantic. 0.945 DL
Nitidella nitida Glossy dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1.6 DL
Nodochila pascua Southeast Pacific
Parvanachis isabellei Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Parvanachis masirana Western Indian Ocean
Parvanachis nigricans Southeast Pacific
Parvanachis obesa Fat dovesnail Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Parvanachis ostreicola Oyster dovesnail Western Atlantic Ocean. 0.43 DL
Parvanachis paessleri Western Atlantic. 0.45 DL
Parvanachis radwini Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL
Pictocolumbella ocellata Lightning dove-shell Indo-Pacific 1.5 BL
Pyrene deshayesii Western Central Pacific
Pyrene flava Yellow dove shell Indo-Pacific. 2.7 BL
Pyrene obtusa Indo-Pacific. 1.7 BL
Pyrene punctata Punctate dove shell Indo-Pacific 2.2 BL
Pyrene scripta Dotted dove shell Indo-Pacific 2 SHL
Pyrene splendidula Western Central Pacific
Pyrene testudinaria Tortoise dove-shell Indo-West Pacific
Pyrene turturina Turtle dove-shell Indo-West Pacific.
Pyrene varians Indo-Pacific.
Pyreneola melvilli Western Central Pacific
Rhombinella laevigata Smooth dovesnail Western Central Atlantic. 2 DL
Salitra radwini Southeast Pacific
Seminella makemoensis Eastern Central Pacific
Seminella peasei Indo-Pacific.
Seminella varia Western Atlantic and East 1.5 DL
Seminella virginea Indo-Pacific. 0.35 BL
Steironepion maculatum Western Central Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Steironepion minor Banded dovesnail East Pacific.
Steironepion moniliferum Many-spotted dovesnail Western Central Atlantic. 0.5 DL
Strombina francesae Western Atlantic. 2.22 DL
Strombina fusinoidea Slender strombina Eastern Central Pacific a
Strombina pumilio Western Atlantic. 2.6 DL
Sulcomitrella kanamaruana Indo-Pacific.
Sulcomitrella monodonta Indo-Pacific.
Suturoglypta iontha Lineate dovesnail Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Suturoglypta pretrii Western Atlantic 0.9 DL
Suturoglypta procera Western Atlantic. 1.635 DL
Zafra australensis Eastern Central Pacific
Zafra brevissima Western Central Pacific
Zafra comistea Indo-West Pacific
Zafra debilis Southwest Pacific and Eas
Zafra exilis Western Indian Ocean.
Zafra fuscolineata Southwest Pacific
Zafra hervieri Western Central Pacific
Zafra kermadecensis Southwest Pacific
Zafra minuta Western Central Pacific
Zafra mitriformis Indo-Pacific
Zafra obesula Indo-Pacific
Zafra ocellatula Indo-Pacific.
Zafra ornata Western Central Pacific
Zafra phaula Indo-West Pacific.
Zafra pumila Indo-Pacific.
Zafra rapanuiensis Southeast Pacific
Zafra regulus Western Central Pacific
Zafra savignyi Introduced to the Mediter
Zafra selasphora Indo-West Pacific. Intro
Zafra semiclatriata Eastern Central Pacific
Zafra succinea Indo-Pacific.
Zafra troglodytes Indo-Pacific.
Zafra vercoi Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Zafrona belkisae Western Atlantic. 0.92 DL
Zafrona diversa Western Atlantic. 0.88 DL
Zafrona idalina Western Atlantic 0.9 DL
Zafrona isomella Central Pacific 0.55 BL
Zafrona lindae Western Atlantic. 0.8 DL
Zafrona pulchella Beautiful dovesnail Western Central Atlantic. 1.2 DL
Zafrona striatula Indo-Pacific. 0.85 BL
Zafrona sunderlandi Western Atlantic. 1 DL
Zafrona taylorae Western Atlantic. 1.1 DL



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