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Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †
1440491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440491)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Columbela venusta G. B. Sowerby 1, 1850 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [details]
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 = Euplica bidentata (Menke, 1843).
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 = Euplica bidentata (Menke, 1843). [details]
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original description
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 = Euplica bidentata (Menke, 1843). [details]
