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Columbarium natalense Tomlin, 1928
463598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463598)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26.
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 2. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 2. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Cape Natal
type locality contained in Cape Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Columbarium natalense Tomlin, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463598 on 2026-03-23
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Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26.
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (1969). A revision of the family Columbariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 83(1): 63-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56624162
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Turbinellidae. Pp. 300-310, 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]
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 2. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 114. [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (1969). A revision of the family Columbariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 83(1): 63-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56624162
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Turbinellidae. Pp. 300-310, 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
