MolluscaBase taxon details
Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853
139195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139195)
accepted
Species
Columbella rufa Menke, 1853 · unaccepted
Columbella rustica var. azorica Drouët, 1858 · unaccepted
Columbella striata var. minor Dautzenberg, 1900 · unaccepted
Purpura siger Dautzenberg, 1910 · unaccepted > unavailable name (based on pre-Linnean "le Siger"...)
based on pre-Linnean "le Siger" of Adanson, 1757, listed in synonymy
marine
Menke, K. T. (1853). Conchylien von St. Vincent mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> Jahrg. 10, nr 5, pp. 67-80; nr. 6, pp. 81-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300967
page(s): 74-75 [details]
page(s): 74-75 [details]
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original description
Menke, K. T. (1853). Conchylien von St. Vincent mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> Jahrg. 10, nr 5, pp. 67-80; nr. 6, pp. 81-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300967
page(s): 74-75 [details]
original description (of Purpura siger Dautzenberg, 1910) Adanson M. (1757). <i>Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal, Coquillages</i>. Bauche, Paris, viii + 275 pp., 19 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12014153 [details]
original description (of Columbella striata var. minor Dautzenberg, 1900) Dautzenberg P. (1900). Croisières du yacht Chazalie dans l'Atlantique: Mollusques. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 13: 145-265, pl. 9-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10115656 [details]
original description (of Columbella rustica var. azorica Drouët, 1858) Drouët, H. (1858). Mollusques marins des îles Açores. <em>Paris, Baillière.</em> 53 pp., 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10049
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Columbella rufa Menke, 1853) Menke, K. T. (1853). Conchylien von St. Vincent mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> Jahrg. 10, nr 5, pp. 67-80; nr. 6, pp. 81-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300967
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. (2017). An assessment of the genus <i>Columbella</i> Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39(2): 197-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n2a2 [details]
status source Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J. (1991). On the identity of «<i>Columbella rustica</i>» from West Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 13(6): 65-70., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/549227 [details]
page(s): 74-75 [details]
original description (of Purpura siger Dautzenberg, 1910) Adanson M. (1757). <i>Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal, Coquillages</i>. Bauche, Paris, viii + 275 pp., 19 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12014153 [details]
original description (of Columbella striata var. minor Dautzenberg, 1900) Dautzenberg P. (1900). Croisières du yacht Chazalie dans l'Atlantique: Mollusques. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 13: 145-265, pl. 9-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10115656 [details]
original description (of Columbella rustica var. azorica Drouët, 1858) Drouët, H. (1858). Mollusques marins des îles Açores. <em>Paris, Baillière.</em> 53 pp., 2 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10049
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Columbella rufa Menke, 1853) Menke, K. T. (1853). Conchylien von St. Vincent mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> Jahrg. 10, nr 5, pp. 67-80; nr. 6, pp. 81-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300967
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. (2017). An assessment of the genus <i>Columbella</i> Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39(2): 197-212., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n2a2 [details]
status source Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J. (1991). On the identity of «<i>Columbella rustica</i>» from West Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. <em>Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 13(6): 65-70., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/549227 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (65 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Columbella rufa Menke, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Columbella adansoni)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 75 proteins)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Cape Verde, Sal, Santa Maria)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Portugal, Açores, Faial, Ponta do Forte, beached, c...
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Costa Teguise)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke,1853 Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo, Ponta da Calheta)
To PESI (from synonym Columbella rufa Menke, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Columbella rustica var. azorica Drouët, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura siger Dautzenberg, 1910)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Columbella rufa Menke, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Columbella adansoni)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 75 proteins)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Cape Verde, Sal, Santa Maria)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Portugal, Açores, Faial, Ponta do Forte, beached, c...
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Costa Teguise)
To Malacopics (Columbella adansoni Menke,1853 Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo, Ponta da Calheta)
To PESI (from synonym Columbella rufa Menke, 1853)
To PESI (from synonym Columbella rustica var. azorica Drouët, 1858)
To PESI (from synonym Purpura siger Dautzenberg, 1910)
To PESI
Unreviewed
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