Columbarium (gastropod)

Summary

Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbariidae, the pagoda shells.[2]

Columbarium
A shell of Columbarium wormaldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbariidae
Genus: Columbarium
von Martens, 1881[1]
Type species
Pleurotoma (Columbarium) spinicinctum Martens, 1881
Synonyms[2]

Pleurotoma (Columbarium) Martens, 1881

The shells of most species in this family have a long siphonal canal and a noticeable peripheral keel.

Species edit

Species within the genus Columbarium include:

Synonyms:

  • Columbarium aapta Harasewych, 1986 is a synonym of Coluzea aapta Harasewych, 1986
  • Columbarium angulare Barnard, 1959 is a synonym of Coluzea angularis (Barnard, 1959)
  • Columbarium atlantis Clench & Aguayo, 1938 is a synonym of Histricosceptrum atlantis (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)
  • Columbarium aurora Bayer, 1971 is a synonym of Peristarium aurora (Bayer, 1971)
  • Columbarium bartletti Clench & Aguayo, 1940 is a synonym of Histricosceptrum bartletti (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)
  • Columbarium benthocallis Melvill & Standen, 1907is a synonym of Fulgurofusus benthocallis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
  • Columbarium bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1938 is a synonym of Fulgurofusus bermudezi (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)
  • Columbarium berthae Monsecour & Kreipl, 2003 is a synonym of Coluzea berthae (Monsecour & Kreipl, 2003)
  • Columbarium brayi Clench, 1959 is a synonym of Fulgurofusus brayi (Clench, 1959)
  • Columbarium canaliculatum Martens, 1901 is a synonym of Coluzea canaliculatum (Martens, 1901)
  • Columbarium congulatum Martens, 1901 is a synonym of Coluzea cingulata (Martens, 1901)
  • Columbarium coronatum Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978 is a synonym of Coronium coronatum (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)
  • Columbarium distephanotis Melvill, 1891 is a synonym of Coluzea distephanotis (Melvill, 1891)
  • Columbarium eastwoodae Kilburn, 1971 is a synonym of Coluzea eastwoodae (Kilburn, 1971)
  • Columbarium electra Bayer, 1971is a synonym of Peristarium electra (Bayer, 1971)
  • Columbarium juliae is a synonym of Coluzea juliae Harasewych, 1989
  • Columbarium merope Bayer, 1971 is a synonym of Peristarium merope (Bayer, 1971)
  • Columbarium radiale is a synonym of Coluzea radialis (Watson, 1882)
  • Columbarium rotundum Barnard, 1959 is a synonym of Coluzea rotunda (Barnard, 1959)
  • Columbarium suteri E.A. Smith, 1915 is a synonym of Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
  • Columbarium trabeatum Iredale, 1936 is a synonym of Columbarium hedleyi Iredale, 1936

References edit

  1. ^ von Martens E. (1881). "Description of non-marine Mollusca". Conchologische Mittheilungen 2: 103-121. page 105.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Columbarium Martens, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196943 on 2011-02-07
  3. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Columbarium bullatum (Dall, 1927). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532652 on 2011-04-24

Further reading edit

  • Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A Review of the Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the Western Atlantic With Notes on the Anatomy and Systematic Relationships of the Subfamily". Nemouria 27: 1-42, (Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History).
  • The Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the eastern Indian Ocean, by M.G. Harasewych, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7(3-4): 155–170, 1986
  • Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A New Species of Columbarium (Gastropoda: Muricacea) From Off Eastern Australia". The Nautilus 97(1): 28–29.
  • Harasewych M. G. (2011). "The living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand". Zootaxa 2744: 1-33.