Columbella mercatoria
Merchant Dove Shell
Columbellidae
- Collected by
- Grace Burgess (C.M. Burgess Collection)
- Locality
- West Indies; Jamaica; booby Key, North side; Negril Beach
- Region
- West Indies
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
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
(c) plawrynpx, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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 277736. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/277736.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026