Gastropods 

Family Columbellidae








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Click on photo to enlarge.  Scale line in photo equals 1cm unless otherwise specified.
* Species which are commonly encountered on the beach.




Alia carinata Alia carinata Alia carinata
                                                                                           all photographed intertidally                often covered in very dark periostracum
Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
Carinate Dovesnail *















Amphissa columbiana Amphissa columbiana Amphissa columbiana
                                                                                  photographed intertidally                                          photographed subtidally
Amphissa columbiana Dall, 1916
Wrinkled Amphissa *






























Astyris gausapata
Astyris gausapata
(Gould, 1850)
Shaggy Dovesnail

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Amphissa versicolor
Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
Joseph's Coat Amphissa





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