390 Species in Family Columbellidae
Nominal species list for Columbellidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aesopus arestus Dall, 1919
Aesopus benitoensis deMaintenon, 2019
Aesopus chrysalloideus (Carpenter, 1864) Cocoon dovesnail
Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
Aesopus cumingii (Duclos in Chenu, 1846)
Aesopus eurytoideus (Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus fuscostrigatus (Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912
Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004
Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
Aesopus metcalfei Reese
Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916 Ant-egg dovesnail
Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919 Santa Monica dovesnail
Aesopus spiculus (Duclos, 1846)
Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)
Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1864) Graceful dovesnail
Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844) Carinate dovesnail
Alia gausapata (Gould, 1850)
Alia tuberosa (Carpenter, 1864) Variegate dovesnail
Alia unifasciata (Sowerby, 1832)
Amphissa acuminata (Smith, 1915)
Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844) Atlantic Amphissa
Amphissa bicolor Dall, 1892 Two-tone Amphissa
Amphissa columbiana Dall, 1916 Wrinkled Amphissa
Amphissa cymata Dall, 1916 Wavy Amphissa
Amphissa haliaeeti (Jeffreys, 1867)
Amphissa reticulata Dall, 1916 Reticulate Amphissa
Amphissa undata (Carpenter, 1864)
Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 Variegate Amphissa
Anachis acuta Stearn, 1873
Anachis adelinae (Tryon, 1883)
Anachis albella Adams, 1850
Anachis aliceae (Pallary, 1900)
Anachis alliouagana Faber, 2004
Anachis avara (Say, 1822) Greedy dove-shell
Anachis bastionii Pelorce, 2020
Anachis carloslirai Costa, 1996
Anachis catenata (Sowerby, 1844) Chain dove-shell
Anachis coronata (Sowerby, 1832)
Anachis coseli Díaz & Mittnacht, 1991
Anachis diminuta (Adams, 1852)
Anachis domlamyi Pelorce, 2020
Anachis donnae Moolenbeek & Dance, 1994
Anachis electona (Duclos, 1840)
Anachis fauroti (Jousseaume, 1888)
Anachis fayae Keen, 1971
Anachis fenneli Radwin, 1968
Anachis floridana Rehder, 1939
Anachis gaskoini Carpenter, 1857
Anachis hilli Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Anachis hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Hotessier's dove-shell
Anachis iontha (Ravenel, 1861)
Anachis isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Anachis jungi Faber, 2004
Anachis kathleenae Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022
Anachis lafresnayi (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856) Well-ribbed dove snail
Anachis leblondae Pelorce, 2020
Anachis lyrata (Sowerby I, 1832)
Anachis madagascarensis Bozzetti, 2019
Anachis miser (Sowerby, 1844) Miser dove shell
Anachis mogolloni Arias Ávila, 2021
Anachis obesa Adams, 1845
Anachis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883)
Anachis pellucida Bozzetti, 2019
Anachis penicillata Carpenter, 1865
Anachis pulchella (de Blainville, 1829)
Anachis pygmaea (Sowerby, 1832)
Anachis rassierensis (Smythe, 1985)
Anachis raysutana Smythe, 1985
Anachis rhodae Radwin, 1968
Anachis samanensis unspecified
Anachis sanfelipensis Lowe, 1935
Anachis semiplicata Stearns, 1873
Anachis similis Dall, 1889
Anachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859)
Anachis splendens Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022
Anachis subturrita Carpenter, 1866
Anachis translirata (Ravenel, 1861)
Anachis unidens Pelorce, 2020
Anachis veleda Duclos, 1846
Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858)
Ascalista letourneuxi Monsecour & Monsecour, 2015
Ascalista polita (Nevill & Nevill, 1875)
Astyris amiantis Dall, 1919
Astyris amphissella (Dall, 1881)
Astyris angeli Espinosa, Fernández-Garcés & Ortea, 2004
Astyris antares (Costa & de Souza, 2001)
Astyris aurantiaca Dall, 1871 Golden dovesnail
Astyris bonariensis (Castellanos & Fernández, 1967)
Astyris diaphana Verrill, 1882 Translucent dovesnail
Astyris frumarkernorum García, 2009
Astyris gausapata (Gould, 1850) Shaggy dovesnail
Astyris guanahaniensis (Faber, 2004)
Astyris hypodra (Dall, 1916)
Astyris labecula (Gould, 1862)
Astyris lattis deMaintenon, 2019
Astyris lunata (Say, 1826) Lunar dovesnail
Astyris multilineata (Dall, 1889) Brown-band dovesnail
Astyris profundi (Dall, 1889) Deepwater dovesnail
Astyris pura Verrill, 1882 Simple dovesnail
Astyris raveneli (Dall, 1889)
Astyris rolani Espinosa, Fernández-Garcés & Ortea, 2004
Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1839) Rosy Northern dovesnail
Astyris rubra (Martens, 1881)
Astyris stricta (Watson, 1882)
Astyris verrilli (Dall, 1881)
Clathranachis japonica (Adams, 1860)
Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853
Columbella aureomexicana (Howard, 1963)
Columbella barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1847
Columbella castanea Sowerby, 1832
Columbella costa Simone, 2007
Columbella dysoni Reeve, 1858
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) West Indian dovesnail
Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758) Rustica dove shell
Columbella rusticoides Heilprin, 1886 Rusty dovesnail
Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846) Fenestrate dovesnail
Conella ovulata (Lamarck, 1822)
Conella ovuloides (Adams, 1850)
Cosmioconcha calliglypta (Dall & Simpson, 1901) Flame dovesnail
Cosmioconcha dedonderi Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
Cosmioconcha geigeri García, 2006
Cosmioconcha helenae (Costa, 1983)
Cosmioconcha humfreyi Jong & Coomans, 1988
Cosmioconcha modesta (Powys, 1935)
Cosmioconcha nana García, 2007
Cosmioconcha nitens (Adams, 1850)
Cosmioconcha palmeri (Dall, 1913)
Cosmioconcha parvula (Dall, 1912)
Cosmioconcha pergracilis (Dall, 1913)
Cosmioconcha rikae Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822) Greedy dovesnail
Costoanachis bacalladoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008
Costoanachis carmelita Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007
Costoanachis cascabulloi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004
Costoanachis catenata (Sowerby II, 1844) Chain dovesnail
Costoanachis demanorum (Jong & Coomans, 1988)
Costoanachis elata (Reeve, 1859)
Costoanachis floridana (Rehder, 1939) Florida dovesnail
Costoanachis lafresnayi (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) Well-ribbed dovesnail
Costoanachis lineolata (Conrad, 1846)
Costoanachis nisitella (Duclos, 1840)
Costoanachis roberti (Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006)
Costoanachis rudyi Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
Costoanachis scutulata (Reeve, 1859)
Costoanachis semiplicata (Stearns, 1873) Gulf dovesnail
Costoanachis sertulariarum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Costoanachis similis (Ravenel, 1861)
Costoanachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859) Sparse dovesnail
Cotonopsis argentea (Houbrick, 1983)
Cotonopsis hirundo (Gaskoin, 1852)
Cotonopsis lindae (Petuch, 1988)
Cotonopsis pointieri Pelorce, 2020
Cotonopsis semistriata Pelorce, 2020
Cotonopsis serratisutura Pelorce, 2020
Decipifus kristenseni De Jong & Coomans, 1988
Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
Euplica bidentata (Menke, 1843)
Euplica borealis (Pilsbry, 1904)
Euplica brunnidentata de Maintenon, 2008
Euplica deshayesii (Crosse, 1859)
Euplica ionida (Duclos, 1840)
Euplica livescens (Reeve, 1859)
Euplica loisae Rehder, 1980
Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)
Euplica turturina (Lamarck, 1822) Turtle dove shell
Euplica varians (Sowerby, 1832)
Eurypyrene ledaluciae (Rios & Tostes, 1981)
Falsuszafrona pseudopulchella Pelorce, 2020
Graphicomassa albina (Kiener, 1841)
Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Graphicomassa margarita (Reeve, 1859)
Indomitrella conspersa (Gaskoin, 1851)
Indomitrella lischkei (Smith, 1879)
Indomitrella puella (Sowerby I, 1844)
Indomitrella schepmani (Monsecour & Monsecour, 2007)
Liratilia compta Powell, 1930
Liratilia subnodosa Powell, 1934
Macrozafra smithi (Angas, 1877)
Macrozafra vivens (Powell, 1934)
Mazatlania cosentini (Philippi, 1836)
Mazatlania fulgurata (Philippi, 1846)
Metanachis calliope (Melvill, 1903)
Metanachis jaspidea (Sowerby I, 1844)
Metanachis laingensis Sleurs, 1985
Metanachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852 [1851])
Metulella columbellata (Dall, 1889)
Minimanachis exigua Pelorce, 2020
Minimanachis pulla Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella admodumparva Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella agatha (Melvill, 1904)
Mitrella albobrunnea Bozzetti, 2020
Mitrella albuginosa (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella alofa (Hedley, 1899)
Mitrella annae Cecalupo, 2021
Mitrella appressa (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella ardovinii Cecalupo, 2021
Mitrella argus D'Orbigny, 1842
Mitrella aurantiaca (Dall, 1871)
Mitrella baccata (Gaskoin, 1852)
Mitrella baculus (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella bella (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella bicincta (Gould, 1860) Variegated dove shell
Mitrella bicinctella Yokoyama, 1928
Mitrella blanda (Sowerby I, 1844)
Mitrella broderipii (Sowerby, 1844)
Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984
Mitrella brugneauxae Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella burchardi (Dunker, 1877)
Mitrella cabofrioensis Costa & de Souza, 2001
Mitrella callimorpha (Dall, 1919)
Mitrella carinata (Hinds, 1844)
Mitrella cartwrighti (Melvill, 1897)
Mitrella caulerpae Keen, 1971
Mitrella circumstriata (Schepman, 1911)
Mitrella clementensis (Bartsch, 1927) San Clemente dovesnail
Mitrella corbariae Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella cruenta Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella crumena (Dall, 1924)
Mitrella densilineata (Carpenter, 1864)
Mitrella diaphana (Verrill, 1882)
Mitrella dichroa (Sowerby I, 1844) Argus dovesnail
Mitrella dicomata (Dall, 1889)
Mitrella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851
Mitrella dorma Baker, Hanna, & Strong, 1938
Mitrella elegantia Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella embusa (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella enida (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella essingtonensis (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella euribia (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella fuscolineata Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella fusiformis (Pease, 1868)
Mitrella gausapata Gould, 1850
Mitrella georgiana (Dall, 1924)
Mitrella gervillii (Payraudeau, 1826) Dove shell
Mitrella glycochroma Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella gourgueti Monsecour & Monsecour, 2015
Mitrella granti Lowe, 1935
Mitrella guttata Sowerby, 1832
Mitrella hypodra (Dall, 1916)
Mitrella idalina (Duclor, 1840) Idaline dove-shell
Mitrella lincolnensis (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella lischkei (Smith, 1879)
Mitrella longissima Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
Mitrella loyaltyensis (Hervier, 1899)
Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826) Lunate dove-shell
Mitrella margarita (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852)
Mitrella mindorensis (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella minor (Scacchi, 1836)
Mitrella moleculina (Duclos, 1840)
Mitrella multilineata (Dall, 1889)
Mitrella nitens unspecified
Mitrella nitidulina (Locard, 1897)
Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846) Fenestrate dove-shell
Mitrella nympha (Kiener, 1841)
Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) White-spot dovesnail
Mitrella pallaryi (Dautzenberg, 1927)
Mitrella penai Arias Ávila, 2021
Mitrella perlucida Dall, 1927
Mitrella permodesta (Dall, 1890)
Mitrella philia (Duclos, 1846)
Mitrella profundi (Dall, 1889)
Mitrella projecta (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella proscripta (Smith, 1890)
Mitrella psilla (Duclos, 1846)
Mitrella pudica (Brazier, 1877)
Mitrella puella (Sowerby, 1844)
Mitrella pulla (Gaskoin, 1852)
Mitrella punctilineata Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella pura (Verrill, 1882)
Mitrella raveneli (Dall, 1889)
Mitrella rorida (Reeve, 1859)
Mitrella russeli (Brazier, 1874)
Mitrella sagenata (Dall, 1924)
Mitrella salvadorae Arias Ávila, 2021
Mitrella samueli Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella sanctaehelenae (Smith, 1890)
Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mitrella stemma (Dall, 1927)
Mitrella tenuis (Gaskoin, 1852) Inflated dove shell
Mitrella tosatoi Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
Mitrella tuberosa (Carpenter, 1864)
Mitrella undulata (Schepman, 1911)
Mitrella ventriosa Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella verrillii (Dall, 1881)
Mitrella vidua (Dall, 1924)
Mitrella virginiae Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella vitrea Pelorce, 2020
Mitrella yabei (Nomura, 1934)
Mokumea albomarginata (Okamoto & Habe, 1979)
Mokumea albovittata (Lopes, Coelho & Cardoso, 1965)
Mokumea divaricata (Pilsbry, 1900)
Mokumea fuscolineata (Thiele, 1930)
Mokumea mokum Faber, 2004
Mokumea yukitai (Habe, 1991)
Nassarina bushiae (Dall, 1889)
Nassarina glypta (Bush, 1885) Engraved dovesnail
Nassarina grayi Dall, 1889
Nassarina maculata (C.B. Adams, 1850)
Nassarina metabrunnea Dall & Simpson, 1901
Nassarina minor (Adams, 1845) Banded dove-shell
Nassarina monilifera (Sowerby, 1844) Many-spotted dove-shell
Nassarina penicillata (Carpenter, 1864) Penciled dovesnail
Nassarina prouzetae Pelorce, 2020
Nassarina thetys Costa & Absalao, 1998
Nitidella carinata Hinds, 1844
Nitidella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822) Glossy dovesnail
Nodochila pascua (Hertlein, 1962)
Parvanachis bocapanensis Arias Ávila, 2021
Parvanachis forcellii Arias Ávila, 2021
Parvanachis isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Parvanachis masirana Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022
Parvanachis nigricans (Sowerby, 1844)
Parvanachis obesa (Adams, 1845) Fat dovesnail
Parvanachis ostreicola (Sowerby III, 1882) Oyster dovesnail
Parvanachis paessleri (Strebel, 1905)
Parvanachis radwini (Altena, 1975)
Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807) Lightning dove-shell
Pleurotomitrella pleurotomoides (Pilsbry, 1895)
Pseudamycla dermestoidea (Lamarck, 1822)
Pyrene deshayesii (Crosse, 1859)
Pyrene flava (Bruguière, 1789) Yellow dove shell
Pyrene obtusa (Sowerby, 1832)
Pyrene punctata (Bruguiere, 1792) Punctate dove shell
Pyrene scripta (Lamarck, 1822) Dotted dove shell
Pyrene splendidula (Sowerby, 1894)
Pyrene testudinaria (Link, 1807) Tortoise dove-shell
Pyrene turturina (Lamarck, 1822) Turtle dove-shell
Pyrene varians (Sowerby, 1832)
Pyreneola abyssicola (Brazier, 1877)
Pyreneola melvilli (Hedley, 1835)
Pyreneola semipicta (Sowerby III, 1894)
Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Smooth dovesnail
Salitra radwini Marincovich, 1973
Seminella comistea (Melvill, 1906)
Seminella makemoensis Monsecour & Monsecour, 2015
Seminella peasei (von Martens & Langkavel, 1871)
Seminella varia unspecified
Seminella virginea (Gould, 1860)
Steironepion maculatum (Adams, 1850)
Steironepion minor (Adams, 1845) Banded dovesnail
Steironepion moniliferum (Sowerby I, 1844) Many-spotted dovesnail
Strombina francesae Gibson-Smith, 1974
Strombina fusinoidea Dall, 1916 Slender strombina
Strombina pumilio (Reeve, 1859)
Sulcomitrella kanamaruana (Kuroda, 1953)
Sulcomitrella monodonta (Habe, 1958)
Sundamitrella impolita (Sowerby I, 1844)
Suturoglypta iontha (Ravenel, 1861) Lineate dovesnail
Suturoglypta pretrii (Duclos, 1846)
Suturoglypta procera Simone & Gracia, 2006
Zafra australensis Monsecour & Monsecour, 2015
Zafra brevissima (Hervier, 1899)
Zafra comistea (Melvill, 1906)
Zafra debilis Hedley, 1915
Zafra exilis (Philippi, 1849)
Zafra fulvastra (Hervier, 1899)
Zafra fuscolineata Oliver, 1915
Zafra hahajimana (Pilsbry, 1904)
Zafra hervieri (Pace, 1902)
Zafra kermadecensis Oliver, 1915
Zafra minuta (Gould, 1860)
Zafra mitriformis Adams, 1860
Zafra obesula (Hervier, 1899)
Zafra ocellatula (Hervier, 1899)
Zafra ornata (Pease, 1868)
Zafra phaula (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1860)
Zafra rapanuiensis Raines, 2002
Zafra regulus (Souverbie, 1864)
Zafra savignyi (Moazzo, 1939)
Zafra selasphora (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Zafra semiclatriata Sleurs, 1987
Zafra succinea (Hervier, 1899)
Zafra troglodytes (Souverbie, 1866)
Zafra vercoi (Thiele, 1930)
Zafrona belkisae Espinosa & Ortea, 2007
Zafrona diversa Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007
Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840)
Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840)
Zafrona lindae Petuch, 1992
Zafrona pulchella (de Blainville, 1829) Beautiful dovesnail
Zafrona striatula (Dunker, 1871)
Zafrona sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
Zafrona taylorae Petuch, 1987
Zemitrella cera Okutani, 1964
Zemitrella siligo Okutani, 1964
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