Columbella fuscata

Columbella fuscata
	A shell of Columbella fuscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Columbella
Species:	C. fuscata
Binomial name
	Columbella fuscata; Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms
	Columbella fuscata var. pallescens Wimmer, 1880; Columbella luteola Kiener, 1841; Columbella meleagris Duclos, 1840; Columbella nodalina Duclos, 1840; Columbella vulpecula Duclos, 1846;

Columbella fuscata, the burnt dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

Shells of Columbella fuscata can reach a size of 11–22 millimetres (0.43–0.87 in).^[2]

This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos.^[2]

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Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218.
R S Houston - THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF NEOGASTROPOD REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO Columbella-fuscata - Veliger 1976 19:27-46