MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Columbella ocellata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. <em>Adlers Erben.</em> 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Up to 2 cm, description as family. Colour dark brown to black, with white or yellow spots or zigzag lines. Aperture toothed, violet in colour. Habitat: eulittoral coral and sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. N.B. at least six other species occur in the region. Similar to Columbella and Mitrella, the other main genera in the family (both with taller spires and more pronounced whorls). (Richmond, 1997). [details]