original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 251 [details]
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Marais & Kilburn (2010) erroneously stated that Colubraria granulata Schumacher, 1817 had been "conserved by the ICZN", and thus gave it precedence over C. muricata. In fact, in the context of clarifying the availability of the name Fusus Helbling, 1779, ICZN Opinion 1765 placed Colubraria and also its type species C. granulata on the Official List. However, under Art. 80.6.4, this placement did not confer priority to Schumacher's name over any older synonym. [P. Bouchet, 9 July 2011] [details]