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Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria
Recognized by iNaturalist and Furui 2020
Columbella mercatoria (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale and Shelled animal body mass
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Species recognized by TreatmentBank
Columbella mercatoria
Columbella mercatoria
Recognized by Flickr Group
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Columbella affinis Risso 1826
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria elongata Usticke 1959
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella mercatoria var. scalaris Kobelt 1897
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella peleei Kiener 1841
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella rudis G. B. Sowerby I 1844
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch 1911
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella variabilis Schumacher 1817
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbus mercatorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pyrene (Columbella) mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Columbella williamgabbi
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Voluta mercatoria
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

West Indian dovesnail preferred
common dove shell
common dove snail

German

Gemeine Täubchenschnecke preferred

Japanese

コバトフトコロ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

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