MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Columbella (Seminella) comistea Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 75-76, pl. 7, fig. 16. [details]
additional source
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D. (2016). Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 208: 291-362. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]