Columbella mercatoria

Merchant Dove Shell

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Columbellidae

Collected by: Thaanum
Collector number: 6279
Locality: West Indies; Barbados
Region: West Indies
Record type: Preservedspecimen

8 Bishop specimens of Columbella mercatoria · collected 1937–1969Species page ›

Columbella mercatoria observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 670 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11

Rue Eugène Larcher, Les Anses-d'Arlet, MQ

(c) Matteo Bellucci, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-09

Gulf of America, FL, US

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2026-10-09

(c) trini-seabling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01

Calle Puerto Vargas, Talamanca, Limon, CR

(c) jojohawk04, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-19

La Trinité, MQ

(c) Matteo Bellucci, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-06

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, KN

(c) caitlincash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Columbella mercatoria. BPBM 236658. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36110025. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/236658.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 36110025 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026