Columbella mercatoria

Author
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
  • West Indian Dovesnail

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Columbella mercatoria
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Columbella mercatoria
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
2
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
81 meters
Overall Geographic Range
East Florida to Brazil; Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • herbivore
  • hard substrate
  • seagrass
  • coral reef
  • marine
  • intertidal
Microhabitat
  • rock
  • sand
  • reef massif
  • coral rock
  • coral pieces
  • patch
  • seaweed
References

  • Alvarado, S. A. 1996. The occurrence and zoogeography of Mollusca from rocky shores of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas. viii + 67 pp.

  • Fernández Milera, J. 1998. Joyas de Cuba. Editorial Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. 222 + [ix] pp.

  • Moore, D. R. 1958b. Notes on Blanquilla Reef, the most northerly coral formation in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Institute Marine Science 5: 151–155.

  • Odé, H. 1983c. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico (a continuing monograph), family Columbellidae. Texas Conchologist 20(1): 28–32.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-27-2024.

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