Zoologische Mededelingen, 82 (June 2008)M. deMaintenon: Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990).
Columbellids collected by the 1990 expedition

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Pictocolumbella Habe, 1945

This genus contains a single species, the type species Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807). As the name suggests, the shell looks similar to tropical American/East Atlantic Columbella species, though it lacks spiral ribs often present in Columbella.

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Figs 23-29, Columbellidae. Scale bars are 1 mm. 23, Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807), Ceram. 24, Pyrene punctata (Bruguière, 1789), Ceram. 25, Pyreneola delineata (Thiele, 1925), Stn. 27. 26, Pyreneola melvilli (Hedley, 1899), Ceram. 27, Seminella peasei (von Martens & Langkavel, 1871, Stn. 27. 28-29, Zafra ambonensis new sp., holotype, RMNH.MOL.109042, Stn. 30.