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Family: Columbellidae dove shells (See list of species below)

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64 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aesopus clausiliformis []	No picture found Aesopus cumingii []	No picture found Aesopus spiculus []
No picture found Ascalista polita []	No picture found Euplica borealis []	No picture found Euplica brunnidentata []
No picture found Euplica deshayesii []	Euplica ionida []	Euplica scripta []
Euplica turturina [Turtle dove shell]	Euplica varians []	No picture found Graphicomassa albina []
Graphicomassa ligula []	No picture found Indomitrella conspersa []	No picture found Indomitrella schepmani []
No picture found Metanachis jaspidea []	No picture found Metanachis laingensis []	No picture found Metanachis marquesa []
No picture found Mitrella bella []	No picture found Mitrella circumstriata []	No picture found Mitrella essingtonensis []
No picture found Mitrella longissima []	No picture found Mitrella loyaltyensis []	Mitrella margarita []
No picture found Mitrella marquesa []	No picture found Mitrella mindorensis []	Mitrella moleculina []
No picture found Mitrella nympha []	No picture found Mitrella pudica []	No picture found Mitrella puella []
No picture found Mitrella rorida []	No picture found Mitrella undulata []	No picture found Pictocolumbella ocellata [Lightning dove-shell]
No picture found Pyrene deshayesii []	Pyrene flava [Yellow dove shell]	No picture found Pyrene obtusa []
Pyrene punctata [Punctate dove shell]	Pyrene scripta [Dotted dove shell]	No picture found Pyrene splendidula []
No picture found Pyrene testudinaria [Tortoise dove-shell]	No picture found Pyrene turturina [Turtle dove-shell]	No picture found Pyrene varians []
No picture found Pyreneola melvilli []	No picture found Seminella peasei []	Seminella virginea []
No picture found Sulcomitrella kanamaruana []	No picture found Sulcomitrella monodonta []	No picture found Zafra brevissima []
No picture found Zafra comistea []	No picture found Zafra hervieri []	No picture found Zafra minuta []
No picture found Zafra mitriformis []	No picture found Zafra obesula []	No picture found Zafra ocellatula []
No picture found Zafra ornata []	No picture found Zafra phaula []	No picture found Zafra pumila []
No picture found Zafra regulus []	No picture found Zafra selasphora []	No picture found Zafra succinea []
No picture found Zafra troglodytes []	No picture found Zafra vercoi []	No picture found Zafrona isomella []
No picture found Zafrona striatula []

64 Species of Family Columbellidae
(dove shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aesopus clausiliformis		Western Central Pacific
Aesopus cumingii		Western Central Pacific
Aesopus spiculus		Western Central Pacific
Ascalista polita		Indo-Pacific.
Euplica borealis		Indo-Pacific.	0.7 BL
Euplica brunnidentata		Western Central Pacific
Euplica deshayesii		Indo-Pacific	1.3 BL
Euplica ionida		Indo-Pacific.	0.6 BL
Euplica scripta		Indo-Pacific.	1.5 BL
Euplica turturina	Turtle dove shell	Indo-Pacific.	1.3 BL
Euplica varians		Indo-Pacific. Both tropi	1 BL
Graphicomassa albina		Western Central Pacific.
Graphicomassa ligula		Western Pacific.
Indomitrella conspersa		Indo-Pacific	1.2 BL
Indomitrella schepmani		Indo-Pacific.
Metanachis jaspidea		Indo-Pacific.	1.2 BL
Metanachis laingensis		Western Central Pacific
Metanachis marquesa		Indo-Pacific
Mitrella bella		Indo-Pacific.	1 BL
Mitrella circumstriata		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella essingtonensis		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella longissima		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella loyaltyensis		Indo-Pacific	0.7 BL
Mitrella margarita		Indo-Pacific.	0.9 BL
Mitrella marquesa		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella mindorensis		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella moleculina		Indo-Pacific.	0.6 BL
Mitrella nympha		Indo-Pacific.
Mitrella pudica		Western Central Pacific
Mitrella puella		Western Pacific
Mitrella rorida		Indo-Pacific.	0.5 BL
Mitrella undulata		Western Central Pacific
Pictocolumbella ocellata	Lightning dove-shell	Indo-Pacific	1.5 BL
Pyrene deshayesii		Western Central Pacific
Pyrene flava	Yellow dove shell	Indo-Pacific.	2.7 BL
Pyrene obtusa		Indo-Pacific.	1.7 BL
Pyrene punctata	Punctate dove shell	Indo-Pacific	2.2 BL
Pyrene scripta	Dotted dove shell	Indo-Pacific	2 SHL
Pyrene splendidula		Western Central Pacific
Pyrene testudinaria	Tortoise dove-shell	Indo-West Pacific
Pyrene turturina	Turtle dove-shell	Indo-West Pacific.
Pyrene varians		Indo-Pacific.
Pyreneola melvilli		Western Central Pacific
Seminella peasei		Indo-Pacific.
Seminella virginea		Indo-Pacific.	0.35 BL
Sulcomitrella kanamaruana		Indo-Pacific.
Sulcomitrella monodonta		Indo-Pacific.
Zafra brevissima		Western Central Pacific
Zafra comistea		Indo-West Pacific
Zafra hervieri		Western Central Pacific
Zafra minuta		Western Central Pacific
Zafra mitriformis		Indo-Pacific
Zafra obesula		Indo-Pacific
Zafra ocellatula		Indo-Pacific.
Zafra ornata		Western Central Pacific
Zafra phaula		Indo-West Pacific.
Zafra pumila		Indo-Pacific.
Zafra regulus		Western Central Pacific
Zafra selasphora		Indo-West Pacific. Intro
Zafra succinea		Indo-Pacific.
Zafra troglodytes		Indo-Pacific.
Zafra vercoi		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Zafrona isomella		Central Pacific	0.55 BL
Zafrona striatula		Indo-Pacific.	0.85 BL

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