Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Columbellidae > Genus Columbella

Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Columbella*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Colombella*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Colombella aureola*	Duclos, 1846	synonym
*Colombella barbadensis*	A. d'Orbigny, 1853	synonym
*Colombella reticulata*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Colombella simpronia*	Duclos, 1846	synonym
*Colombella spongiarum*	Duclos, 1840	synonym
*Colombella striata*	Duclos, 1840	synonym
*Colombella tumida*	Duclos, 1840	synonym
*Colombella vestalia*	Duclos, 1846	synonym
*Colombella zulmis*	Duclos, 1848	synonym
*Columbella ambigua*	Kiener, 1840	synonym
*Columbella fustigata*	Kiener, 1841	synonym
*Columbella gualteriana*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Columbella guilfordia*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Columbella modesta*	Kiener, 1841	synonym
*Columbella procera*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Columbella punctulata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Columbella rustica var. apiculata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Columbella rustica var. cuneatiformis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Columbella rustica var. obesula*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Columbella rustica var. trigonostoma*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Columbella striata*	Duclos, 1840	synonym
*Columbella striata*	Menke, 1829	synonym
*Voluta punctata*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Voluta tringa*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: ballaruga sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

English: rustic dove shell; rustic dovesnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Schlichte Täubchenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bacci, G. (1943). Le capsule ovigere di Columbella rustica (L.) e di Fascicolaria lignaria (L.).(Prosobranchin Stenoglossa). Bolletino di Zoologia. 14(4-6): 75-81.
additional source	Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. (2017). An assessment of the genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic. Zoosystema. 39(2): 197-212.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbella rustica (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139196

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status LR/lc 1998 This species is lower risk and does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

This species is lower risk and does not qualify for Conservation Dependent or Near Threatened status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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2010-09-01 by Kevin Monsecour

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