WoRMS taxon details
Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
511644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511644)
accepted
Species
Buccinum lacteum Kiener, 1834 · unaccepted
Colombella uvania Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colombella zelina Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted
Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella tringa var. tankervillei Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted
Columbella zelina Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted
Columbella zelina var. cylindra Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted
Pyrene lactea (Kiener, 1834) · unaccepted
Pyrene tankervillei (Hervier, 1899) · unaccepted
marine
(of Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Type locality contained in Society Islands
type locality contained in Society Islands (origin: native - non-endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511644 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865) Souverbie [S.-M.] & Montrouzier [X.]. (1865). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13: 150-158, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133761 [details]
original description (of Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Colombella uvania Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle</i>. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
original description (of Columbella zelina var. cylindra Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Columbella tringa var. tankervillei Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Colombella zelina Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle</i>. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 4 [details]
original description (of Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Colombella uvania Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle</i>. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 10 [details]
original description (of Columbella zelina var. cylindra Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Columbella tringa var. tankervillei Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 317 [details]
original description (of Colombella zelina Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle</i>. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 4 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, 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]
Other
additional source
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1990). The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 31: 163-200.
page(s): 165, figs 2a-b [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 165, figs 2a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577-622, figs. 1-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrene tankervillei (Hervier, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrene lactea (Kiener, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyrene obtusa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
To Malacopics (Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Madagascar, Toliara, Tolagnaro, under rocks a...
To Malacopics (Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Park Rynie, on e...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6907) (from synonym Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-9607) (from synonym Colombella uvania Duclos, 1840)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-9608) (from synonym Columbella zelina Duclos, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrene tankervillei (Hervier, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pyrene lactea (Kiener, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pyrene obtusa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Columbella obtusa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
To Malacopics (Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Madagascar, Toliara, Tolagnaro, under rocks a...
To Malacopics (Pyrene obtusa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Park Rynie, on e...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6907) (from synonym Columbella funiculata Souverbie, 1865)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-9607) (from synonym Colombella uvania Duclos, 1840)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-9608) (from synonym Columbella zelina Duclos, 1840)
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