Columbarium (gastropod) explained

Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbariidae, the pagoda shells.^[1]

The shells of most species in this family have a long siphonal canal and a noticeable peripheral keel.

Species

Species within the genus Columbarium include:

• Columbarium alfi Thach, 2020
• Columbarium altocanalis (Dell, 1956)
• † Columbarium antecedens Pacaud, 2015
• Columbarium bullatum (Dall, 1927)^[2]
• Columbarium corollaceoum Zhang, 2003
• Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928
• Columbarium harrisae Harasewych, 1986
• Columbarium hedleyi Iredale, 1936
• Columbarium hystriculum Iredale, 1936
• Columbarium mariae (Powell, 1952)
• Columbarium natalense Tomlin, 1928
• Columbarium pagoda Lesson, 1831
• Columbarium pagodoides (Watson, 1882)
• † Columbarium pataka Maxwell, 1978
• Columbarium quadrativaricosum Harasewych, 2004
• Columbarium sinense Zhang, 2003
• Columbarium spinicinctum von Martens, 1881
• Columbarium spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
• Columbarium subcontractum Zhang, 2003
• Columbarium suzukii Habe & Kosuge, 1972
• Columbarium veridicum Dell, 1963
• † Columbarium vulneratum (Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
• Columbarium wormaldi Powell, 1971

Synonyms:

• Columbarium aapta Harasewych, 1986 is a synonym of Coluzea aapta Harasewych, 1986
• Columbarium angulare Barnard, 1959 is a synonym of Coluzea angularis (Barnard, 1959)
• Columbarium atlantis Clench & Aguayo, 1938 is a synonym of Histricosceptrum atlantis (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)
• Columbarium aurora Bayer, 1971 is a synonym of Peristarium aurora (Bayer, 1971)
• Columbarium bartletti Clench & Aguayo, 1940 is a synonym of Histricosceptrum bartletti (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)
• Columbarium benthocallis Melvill & Standen, 1907is a synonym of Fulgurofusus benthocallis (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
• Columbarium bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1938 is a synonym of Fulgurofusus bermudezi (Clench & Aguayo, 1938)
• Columbarium berthae Monsecour & Kreipl, 2003 is a synonym of Coluzea berthae (Monsecour & Kreipl, 2003)
• Columbarium brayi Clench, 1959 is a synonym of Fulgurofusus brayi (Clench, 1959)
• Columbarium canaliculatum Martens, 1901 is a synonym of Coluzea canaliculatum (Martens, 1901)
• Columbarium congulatum Martens, 1901 is a synonym of Coluzea cingulata (Martens, 1901)
• Columbarium coronatum Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978 is a synonym of Coronium coronatum (Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978)
• Columbarium distephanotis Melvill, 1891 is a synonym of Coluzea distephanotis (Melvill, 1891)
• Columbarium eastwoodae Kilburn, 1971 is a synonym of Coluzea eastwoodae (Kilburn, 1971)
• Columbarium electra Bayer, 1971is a synonym of Peristarium electra (Bayer, 1971)
• Columbarium juliae is a synonym of Coluzea juliae Harasewych, 1989
• Columbarium merope Bayer, 1971 is a synonym of Peristarium merope (Bayer, 1971)
• Columbarium radiale is a synonym of Coluzea radialis (Watson, 1882)
• Columbarium rotundum Barnard, 1959 is a synonym of Coluzea rotunda (Barnard, 1959)
• Columbarium suteri E.A. Smith, 1915 is a synonym of Coluzea spiralis (A. Adams, 1856)
• Columbarium trabeatum Iredale, 1936 is a synonym of Columbarium hedleyi Iredale, 1936

Further reading

• Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A Review of the Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the Western Atlantic With Notes on the Anatomy and Systematic Relationships of the Subfamily". Nemouria 27: 1-42, (Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History).
• The Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) of the eastern Indian Ocean, by M.G. Harasewych, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 7(3-4): 155–170, 1986
• Harasewych M. G. (1983). "A New Species of Columbarium (Gastropoda: Muricacea) From Off Eastern Australia". The Nautilus 97(1): 28–29.
• Harasewych M. G. (2011). "The living Columbariinae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Turbinellidae) of New Zealand". Zootaxa 2744: 1-33.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Columbarium Martens, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196943 on 2011-02-07
2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Columbarium bullatum (Dall, 1927). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532652 on 2011-04-24