Hespererato columbella

Hespererato columbella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.[1]

Hespererato columbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Eratoidae
Genus:	Hespererato
Species:	H. columbella
Binomial name
Hespererato columbella (Menke, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Erato columbella Menke, 1847 (original combination)

Distribution

This is an Eastern Pacific species, whose range is from Monterey Bay, California, south to Panama.

References

1. Hespererato columbella (Gray, 1832) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on WoRMS (2010). Hespererato columella (Menke, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419744 on 26 December 2015.

• Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
• Keen, A. M. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.