Columbella fuscata | |
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A shell of Columbella fuscata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Columbella |
Species: | C. fuscata
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Binomial name | |
Columbella fuscata Sowerby, 1832
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Columbella fuscata, the burnt dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Shells of Columbella fuscata can reach a size of 11–22 millimetres (0.43–0.87 in).[2]
This species is present in Baja California, from Mexico to Peru and in the Galápagos.[2]