Columbariidae, known as pagoda shells, are a family of large deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Turbinelloidea. Some 60 extant species have been described.^[1]^[2]

This family was previously considered a subfamily (Columbariinae) in the family Turbinellidae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005.

Distribution

Many columbariid species are found worldwide in deep water.^[3]

Genera

Genera in the family Columbariidae include:^[4]

† Clavogyra Leroy, 2018
Columbarium - type genus
Coluzea Finlay [in Allan], 1926
Fulgurofusus
Fustifusus
Halia
Histricosceptrum Darragh, 1969: synonym of Fulgurofusus (Histricosceptrum) Darragh, 1969 represented as Fulgurofusus Grabau, 1904
Peristarium
Pusionella
Serratifusus
Tropidofusus Harasewych, 2018

Tomlin J.R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26. page(s): 330
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

Taxon identifiers
Columbariidae	Wikidata: Q59202157 Wikispecies: Columbariidae BOLD: 948580 CoL: 7NGWT GBIF: 2694 IRMNG: 104569 ITIS: 74465 NCBI: 2099552 Open Tree of Life: 2911105 WoRMS: 390776
Columbariinae	Wikidata: Q5149546 AFD: Columbariinae EoL: 10629344 Paleobiology Database: 59789 WoRMS: 391475