MolluscaBase taxon details
Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840)
511650 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511650)
accepted
Species
Anachis (Zafrona) isomella (Duclos, 1840) · unaccepted
Caducifer nebulosus (A. Gould, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colombella isomella Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted
Columbella (Anachis) nebulosa A. Gould, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columbella isomella Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted (original combination)
Columbella isomella var. notata Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted
Columbella isomella var. transversa Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted
Columbella nebulosa A. Gould, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Defrancia) grisea E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted
Pleurotoma grisea E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted
marine
(of Colombella isomella 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. 9 fig. 7-8 [details]
page(s): pl. 9 fig. 7-8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511650 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Columbella isomella var. notata 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): 362 [details]
original description (of Columbella isomella var. transversa 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): 361 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Anachis) nebulosa A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 333. [details]
original description (of Colombella isomella 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. 9 fig. 7-8 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) grisea E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 489, pl. 44, fig. C. [details]
additional source deMaintenon, M. (2008). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 14. The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 82(34):341-374.
page(s): 368 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2024). The Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Walters Shoal, off the South coast of Madagascar, with description of fifteen new species. <em>Visaya.</em> 6 (1): 35-60.
page(s): 38-39 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gori, S., Boyer, F. & Pelorce, J. (2025). Les Columbellidae du Dhofar, sud-Oman (Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea), inventaire de la faune et description de sept espèces nouvelles. <em>Novapex.</em> 26(1-2): 15-36.
page(s): 28, figs 4C-D [details]
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]
subsequent type designation Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1990). The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 31: 163-200.
page(s): 193-195; note: neotype designated and figured [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Columbella isomella var. transversa 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): 361 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Anachis) nebulosa A. Gould, 1860) Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 323-336 [September 1860], 337-340 [October 1860], 382-384 [December 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249883
page(s): 333. [details]
original description (of Colombella isomella 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. 9 fig. 7-8 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma (Defrancia) grisea E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 489, pl. 44, fig. C. [details]
additional source deMaintenon, M. (2008). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 14. The Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) collected at Ambon during the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 82(34):341-374.
page(s): 368 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2024). The Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Walters Shoal, off the South coast of Madagascar, with description of fifteen new species. <em>Visaya.</em> 6 (1): 35-60.
page(s): 38-39 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gori, S., Boyer, F. & Pelorce, J. (2025). Les Columbellidae du Dhofar, sud-Oman (Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea), inventaire de la faune et description de sept espèces nouvelles. <em>Novapex.</em> 26(1-2): 15-36.
page(s): 28, figs 4C-D [details]
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]
subsequent type designation Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1990). The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 31: 163-200.
page(s): 193-195; note: neotype designated and figured [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, Balicasag Island, by lumun-lumun net, at 40-140 m depth, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, Punta Engano, on coral sand, by dredging, at 50-80 m depth, collected 1995-05-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nie...
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Richards Bay, ex piscibus, at 50-100 m depth .)
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840))
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, Punta Engano, on coral sand, by dredging, at 50-80 m depth, collected 1995-05-00, ex coll. J.G.B. Nie...
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Richards Bay, ex piscibus, at 50-100 m depth .)
To Malacopics (Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840))
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