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Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Species recognized by Femorale
Columbella mercatoria
Recognized by Furui 2020
Columbella mercatoria (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Columbella somersiana
Species recognized by North Atlantic Species List
Columbella affinis
Recognized by BHL data coverage
Columbella mercatoria
Columbella mercatoria (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Columbella mercatoria elongata
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Columbella peleei
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Columbella rudis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Columbella somersiana
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Columbella variabilis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria var. scalaris Kobelt 1897
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella peleei Kiener 1841
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbus mercatorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pyrene (Columbella) mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Columbella mercatoria var. scalaris Kobelt 1897
Columbella peleei Kiener 1841
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella dysoni Reeve 1859
Columbella elongata Usticke 1959
Columbella fustigata Kiener 1841
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella mercatoria var. scalaris Kobelt 1897
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella mercatoria var. scalaris Kobelt 1897
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella peleei Kiener 1841
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella peleei Kiener 1841
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella rudis Sowerby 1844
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Columbella williamgabbi
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Columbus mercatorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Columbus mercatorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pyrene (Columbella) mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Pyrene (Columbella) mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Pyrene mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Voluta mercatoria
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

West Indian dovesnail preferred
common dove shell
common dove snail

Japanese

コバトフトコロ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Neogastropoda Wenz 1938
Buccinoidea Rafinesque 1815
Columbellidae Swainson 1840
Columbella Lamarck 1799

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
18 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
Columbella peleei (this page)
195 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
Columbella rudis (this page)
195 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
Columbella somersiana (this page)
195 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
Columbella variabilis (this page)
195 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella
195 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda
Columbellidae
Columbella