Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Columbella haemastoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

columbélida labios anaranjandos, Orange-lipped dove shell

Length: 25 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), low littoral, on rocks.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Buccinoidea

Family
Columbellidae

Genus
Columbella

Species
haemastoma

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 87116, 87158, ANSP: 81826, 153384, 153528, 154798, 170368, 316787, 324430, 324459, USNM: 102372, 102469, 102498, 122009, 678879, LACM: several lots (ex.: AHF 73-33, AHF 157-34), BMNH: 1966315 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), MHNG: 964-132, CDRS: 139, 140, 141, 142, 215, 911, 1046, 1135, 1282, 1555, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baja California to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Sowerby, G.B., Jr. (II) (1832-41) The Conchological Illustrations, ptls. 1-200, pls. 1-200, (including the text of the "Catalogues of genera", which is seperately paged. London.
  • Adams, C.B. (1852) Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution. Annals of Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 229-549.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Columbella haemastoma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8095. Accessed 2 August 2025.