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

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

No picture found Aesopus gracilis []	No picture found Aesopus obesus []	No picture found Aesopus stearnsii []
No picture found Amphissa acutecostata [Atlantic Amphissa]	No picture found Anachis alliouagana []	No picture found Anachis coseli []
No picture found Anachis electona []	No picture found Anachis floridana []	Anachis hotessieriana [Hotessier's dove-shell]
No picture found Anachis jungi []	Anachis lafresnayi [Well-ribbed dove snail]	No picture found Anachis lyrata []
No picture found Anachis rhodae []	No picture found Anachis translirata []	No picture found Astyris amphissella []
No picture found Astyris angeli []	No picture found Astyris antares []	No picture found Astyris diaphana [Translucent dovesnail]
No picture found Astyris frumarkernorum []	No picture found Astyris guanahaniensis []	No picture found Astyris lunata [Lunar dovesnail]
No picture found Astyris multilineata [Brown-band dovesnail]	No picture found Astyris profundi [Deepwater dovesnail]	No picture found Astyris pura [Simple dovesnail]
No picture found Astyris raveneli []	No picture found Astyris rolani []	No picture found Astyris stricta []
No picture found Astyris verrilli []	No picture found Columbella barbadensis []	No picture found Columbella dysoni []
Columbella mercatoria [West Indian dovesnail]	No picture found Columbella rusticoides [Rusty dovesnail]	Columbellopsis nycteis [Fenestrate dovesnail]
No picture found Conella ovulata []	No picture found Conella ovuloides []	No picture found Cosmioconcha calliglypta [Flame dovesnail]
No picture found Cosmioconcha dedonderi []	No picture found Cosmioconcha geigeri []	No picture found Cosmioconcha humfreyi []
No picture found Cosmioconcha nana []	Cosmioconcha nitens []	No picture found Cosmioconcha rikae []
No picture found Costoanachis avara [Greedy dovesnail]	No picture found Costoanachis bacalladoi []	No picture found Costoanachis carmelita []
No picture found Costoanachis cascabulloi []	No picture found Costoanachis catenata [Chain dovesnail]	No picture found Costoanachis demanorum []
No picture found Costoanachis floridana [Florida dovesnail]	No picture found Costoanachis lineolata []	No picture found Costoanachis roberti []
No picture found Costoanachis rudyi []	No picture found Costoanachis scutulata []	No picture found Costoanachis semiplicata [Gulf dovesnail]
No picture found Costoanachis sertulariarum []	No picture found Costoanachis similis []	No picture found Costoanachis sparsa [Sparse dovesnail]
No picture found Cotonopsis argentea []	No picture found Cotonopsis lindae []	No picture found Decipifus kristenseni []
No picture found Decipifus sixaolus []	No picture found Mazatlania cosentini []	No picture found Mazatlania fulgurata []
No picture found Metulella columbellata []	No picture found Mitrella appressa []	No picture found Mitrella crumena []
No picture found Mitrella dichroa [Argus dovesnail]	No picture found Mitrella dicomata []	No picture found Mitrella embusa []
No picture found Mitrella enida []	No picture found Mitrella euribia []	No picture found Mitrella fusiformis []
No picture found Mitrella georgiana []	Mitrella lunata [Lunate dove-shell]	No picture found Mitrella ocellata [White-spot dovesnail]
No picture found Mitrella perlucida []	No picture found Mitrella projecta []	No picture found Mitrella sagenata []
No picture found Mitrella stemma []	No picture found Mitrella tosatoi []	No picture found Mitrella verrillii []
No picture found Mitrella vidua []	No picture found Mokumea mokum []	Nassarina bushiae []
No picture found Nassarina glypta [Engraved dovesnail]	No picture found Nassarina metabrunnea []	No picture found Nitidella nitida [Glossy dovesnail]
No picture found Parvanachis obesa [Fat dovesnail]	No picture found Parvanachis ostreicola [Oyster dovesnail]	No picture found Parvanachis radwini []
No picture found Rhombinella laevigata [Smooth dovesnail]	No picture found Seminella varia []	No picture found Steironepion maculatum []
No picture found Steironepion minor [Banded dovesnail]	No picture found Steironepion moniliferum [Many-spotted dovesnail]	No picture found Strombina francesae []
No picture found Strombina fusinoidea [Slender strombina]	No picture found Strombina pumilio []	No picture found Suturoglypta iontha [Lineate dovesnail]
No picture found Suturoglypta pretrii []	No picture found Suturoglypta procera []	No picture found Zafrona belkisae []
No picture found Zafrona diversa []	Zafrona idalina []	No picture found Zafrona lindae []
Zafrona pulchella [Beautiful dovesnail]	No picture found Zafrona sunderlandi []	No picture found Zafrona taylorae []

108 Species of Family Columbellidae
(dove shells)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aesopus gracilis		Western Atlantic.	1.07 DL
Aesopus obesus		Western Central Atlantic	1.4 NG
Aesopus stearnsii		Western Atlantic	0.6 DL
Amphissa acutecostata	Atlantic Amphissa	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.2 TL
Anachis alliouagana		Western Atlantic.	0.41 DL
Anachis coseli		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 NG
Anachis electona		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Anachis floridana		Western Central Atlantic	1.22 DL
Anachis hotessieriana	Hotessier's dove-shell	Western Atlantic.	0.77 DL
Anachis jungi		Western Atlantic.	0.92 DL
Anachis lafresnayi	Well-ribbed dove snail	Western Central Atlantic
Anachis lyrata		Western Central Atlantic	1.8 NG
Anachis rhodae		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Anachis translirata		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Astyris amphissella		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Astyris angeli		Western Atlantic.	0.42 DL
Astyris antares		Western Central Atlantic	0.36 DL
Astyris diaphana	Translucent dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Astyris frumarkernorum		Western Atlantic.	0.48 DL
Astyris guanahaniensis		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Astyris lunata	Lunar dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.54 DL
Astyris multilineata	Brown-band dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Astyris profundi	Deepwater dovesnail	Atlantic Ocean.	0.8 DL
Astyris pura	Simple dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL
Astyris raveneli		Western Atlantic	0.95 DL
Astyris rolani		Western Atlantic.	0.41 DL
Astyris stricta		Western Atlantic.	0.64 DL
Astyris verrilli		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Columbella barbadensis		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Columbella dysoni		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Columbella mercatoria	West Indian dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	2.35 DL
Columbella rusticoides	Rusty dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.45 DL
Columbellopsis nycteis	Fenestrate dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	0.58 DL
Conella ovulata		Western Central Atlantic.	2 DL
Conella ovuloides		Western Central Atlantic.	1.78 DL
Cosmioconcha calliglypta	Flame dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.73 DL
Cosmioconcha dedonderi		Western Atlantic.	1.12 DL
Cosmioconcha geigeri		Western Atlantic.	0.58 DL
Cosmioconcha humfreyi		Western Atlantic.	1.17 DL
Cosmioconcha nana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Cosmioconcha nitens		Western Atlantic.	1.45 DL
Cosmioconcha rikae		Western Atlantic.	0.82 DL
Costoanachis avara	Greedy dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.45 DL
Costoanachis bacalladoi		Western Atlantic.	0.698 DL
Costoanachis carmelita		Western Atlantic.	0.82 DL
Costoanachis cascabulloi		Western Atlantic.	0.74 DL
Costoanachis catenata	Chain dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	1 DL
Costoanachis demanorum		Western Atlantic.	0.51 DL
Costoanachis floridana	Florida dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.22 DL
Costoanachis lineolata		Western Atlantic.	0.95 DL
Costoanachis roberti		Western Atlantic.	1.22 DL
Costoanachis rudyi		Western Atlantic.	1.02 DL
Costoanachis scutulata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Costoanachis semiplicata	Gulf dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.42 DL
Costoanachis sertulariarum		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Costoanachis similis		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Costoanachis sparsa	Sparse dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Cotonopsis argentea		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL
Cotonopsis lindae		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL
Decipifus kristenseni		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 DL
Decipifus sixaolus		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL
Mazatlania cosentini		Western Atlantic	2 DL
Mazatlania fulgurata		Western Atlantic and East	1 DL
Metulella columbellata		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Mitrella appressa		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Mitrella crumena		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Mitrella dichroa	Argus dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.68 DL
Mitrella dicomata		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Mitrella embusa		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Mitrella enida		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Mitrella euribia		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Mitrella fusiformis		Indo-Pacific.	0.7 BL
Mitrella georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Mitrella lunata	Lunate dove-shell	Western Central Atlantic	5.4 DL
Mitrella ocellata	White-spot dovesnail	Eastern Pacific and Atlan	1.3 DL
Mitrella perlucida		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Mitrella projecta		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Mitrella sagenata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Mitrella stemma		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Mitrella tosatoi		Western Atlantic.	2.63 DL
Mitrella verrillii		Western Atlantic.	1.02 DL
Mitrella vidua		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Mokumea mokum		Western Atlantic.	0.27 DL
Nassarina bushiae		Western Atlantic.	0.915 DL
Nassarina glypta	Engraved dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.58 DL
Nassarina metabrunnea		Western Atlantic	0.8 DL
Nitidella nitida	Glossy dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Parvanachis obesa	Fat dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Parvanachis ostreicola	Oyster dovesnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.43 DL
Parvanachis radwini		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Rhombinella laevigata	Smooth dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	2 DL
Seminella varia		Western Atlantic and East	1.5 DL
Steironepion maculatum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Steironepion minor	Banded dovesnail	East Pacific.
Steironepion moniliferum	Many-spotted dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Strombina francesae		Western Atlantic.	2.22 DL
Strombina fusinoidea	Slender strombina	Eastern Central Pacific a
Strombina pumilio		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL
Suturoglypta iontha	Lineate dovesnail	Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Suturoglypta pretrii		Western Atlantic	0.9 DL
Suturoglypta procera		Western Atlantic.	1.635 DL
Zafrona belkisae		Western Atlantic.	0.92 DL
Zafrona diversa		Western Atlantic.	0.88 DL
Zafrona idalina		Western Atlantic	0.9 DL
Zafrona lindae		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Zafrona pulchella	Beautiful dovesnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Zafrona sunderlandi		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Zafrona taylorae		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL

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