Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spelling: Colombella
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Hendy et al. 2008, Jung 1994, Ladd 1977, Martin 1904 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aesopus, Amphissa, Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Columbella (Columbella) Columbella asphaltoda Columbella calvertensis Columbella descepta Columbella erythrostoma Columbella herklotsi Columbella labreana Columbella lacteoides Columbella lopezana Columbella mercatoria Columbella ornata Columbella platynema Columbella punctostriata Columbella rusticoides Columbella submercatoria Columbella sulcata
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), the Bahamas (4), Bermuda (5), Cayman Islands (2), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (3), Djibouti (3), Ecuador (1), France (1), Greece (2), Haiti (2), Iceland (5), Israel (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (2), Japan (2), Kenya (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Mexico (5), Morocco (7), Panama (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (9), United States (10: California, Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), Jamaica (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (7), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (3), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 117 collections including 137 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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