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Columbela venusta G. B. Sowerby 1, 1850 †
1758739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1758739)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
Columbela [sic] accepted as Columbella Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbela venusta G. B. Sowerby 1, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1758739 on 2025-09-11
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(of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) 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]
basis of record 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): 4 [details]
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record 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): 4 [details]
