| Columbarium | |
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| A shell of Columbarium wormaldi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbariidae |
| Genus: | Columbarium von Martens, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma (Columbarium) spinicinctum Martens, 1881 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pleurotoma (Columbarium) Martens, 1881 | |
Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbariidae, the pagoda shells.[2]
The shells of most species in this family have a long siphonal canal and a noticeable peripheral keel.
- ^ von Martens E. (1881). "Description of non-marine Mollusca". Conchologische Mittheilungen 2: 103-121. page 105.
- ^ a b 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