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Family: Columbellidae dove shells



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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 0.6 cm BL
Mitrella moleculina(Duclos, 1840)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Mitrella moleculina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Mitrella multilineata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.5 cm DL
 
Mitrella nitens
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella nitidulina
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella nycteis
[Fenestrate dove-shell]
No picture found
 
Mitrella nympha
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Mitrella ocellata
[White-spot dovesnail]
No picture found
 
Mitrella pallaryi
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella penai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Mitrella perlucida
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella permodesta
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella philia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm DL
 
Mitrella profundi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Mitrella projecta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Mitrella proscripta
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella psilla
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella pudica
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No picture found
 
Mitrella puella
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No picture found
 
Mitrella pulla
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella punctilineata
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella pura
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm DL
 
Mitrella raveneli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm BL
 
Mitrella rorida
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella russeli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Mitrella sagenata
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella salvadorae
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella samueli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Mitrella sanctaehelenae
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella scripta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Mitrella stemma
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella tenuis
[Inflated dove shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
 
Mitrella tosatoi
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella tuberosa
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No picture found
 
Mitrella undulata
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella ventriosa
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No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Mitrella verrillii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Mitrella vidua
[]
No picture found
 
Mitrella virginiae
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No picture found
 
Mitrella vitrea
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No picture found
 
Mitrella yabei
[]
No picture found
 
Mokumea albomarginata
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No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Mokumea albovittata
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No picture found
 
Mokumea divaricata
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No picture found
 
Mokumea fuscolineata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Mokumea mokum
[]
No picture found
 
Mokumea yukitai
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
Nassarina bushiae(Dall, 1889)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nassarina bushiae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Nassarina glypta
[Engraved dovesnail]
No picture found
 
Nassarina grayi
[]
No picture found
 
Nassarina maculata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Nassarina metabrunnea
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Nassarina minor(Adams, 1845)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nassarina minor
[Banded dove-shell]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Nassarina monilifera(Sowerby, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nassarina monilifera
[Many-spotted dove-shell]
No picture found
 
Nassarina penicillata
[Penciled dovesnail]
No picture found
 
Nassarina prouzetae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Nassarina thetys
[]
No picture found
 
Nitidella carinata
[]
No picture found
 
Nitidella laevigata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Nitidella nitida
[Glossy dovesnail]
No picture found
 
Nodochila pascua
[]
No picture found
 
Parvanachis bocapanensis
[]
No picture found
 
Parvanachis forcellii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Parvanachis isabellei
[]
No picture found
 
Parvanachis masirana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Parvanachis nigricans(Sowerby, 1844)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Parvanachis nigricans
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Parvanachis obesa
[Fat dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Parvanachis ostreicola
[Oyster dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Parvanachis paessleri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Parvanachis radwini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm BL
 
Pictocolumbella ocellata
[Lightning dove-shell]
No picture found
 
Pleurotomitrella pleurotomoides
[]
No picture found
 
Pseudamycla dermestoidea
[]
No picture found
 
Pyrene deshayesii
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 2.7 cm BL
Pyrene flava(Bruguière, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pyrene flava
[Yellow dove shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm BL
 
Pyrene obtusa
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2.2 cm BL
Pyrene punctata(Bruguiere, 1792)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pyrene punctata
[Punctate dove shell]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm SHL
Pyrene scripta(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by FAO
 
Pyrene scripta
[Dotted dove shell]
No picture found
 
Pyrene splendidula
[]
No picture found
 
Pyrene testudinaria
[Tortoise dove-shell]
No picture found
 
Pyrene turturina
[Turtle dove-shell]
No picture found
 
Pyrene varians
[]
No picture found
 
Pyreneola abyssicola
[]
No picture found
 
Pyreneola melvilli
[]
No picture found
 
Pyreneola semipicta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Rhombinella laevigata
[Smooth dovesnail]
No picture found
 
Salitra radwini
[]
No picture found
 
Seminella comistea
[]
No picture found
 
Seminella makemoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Seminella peasei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Seminella varia
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 0.4 cm BL
Seminella virginea(Gould, 1860)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Seminella virginea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Steironepion maculatum
[]
No picture found
 
Steironepion minor
[Banded dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Steironepion moniliferum
[Many-spotted dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Strombina francesae
[]
No picture found
 
Strombina fusinoidea
[Slender strombina]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm DL
 
Strombina pumilio
[]
No picture found
 
Sulcomitrella kanamaruana
[]
No picture found
 
Sulcomitrella monodonta
[]
No picture found
 
Sundamitrella impolita
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Suturoglypta iontha
[Lineate dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Suturoglypta pretrii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Suturoglypta procera
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra australensis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra brevissima
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra comistea
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra debilis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra exilis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra fulvastra
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra fuscolineata
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra hahajimana
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra hervieri
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra kermadecensis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra minuta
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra mitriformis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra obesula
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra ocellatula
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra ornata
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra phaula
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra pumila
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra rapanuiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra regulus
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra savignyi
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra selasphora
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra semiclatriata
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra succinea
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra troglodytes
[]
No picture found
 
Zafra vercoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Zafrona belkisae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Zafrona diversa
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
Zafrona idalina(Duclos, 1840)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Zafrona idalina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm BL
 
Zafrona isomella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Zafrona lindae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
Zafrona pulchella(de Blainville, 1829)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Zafrona pulchella
[Beautiful dovesnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm BL
 
Zafrona striatula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Zafrona sunderlandi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Zafrona taylorae
[]
No picture found
 
Zemitrella cera
[]
No picture found
 
Zemitrella siligo
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