MolluscaBase name details
Ennea columnella Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901
1259029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259029)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Ennea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Ptychotrema (Ennea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 represented as Ptychotrema L. Pfeiffer, 1853
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1901). Descriptions of fourteen new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 8 (46): 315-321, pl. 2. London. [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980371
page(s): 316, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 316, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
Note 'Karkloof Bush, Pietermaritzburg, Natal'...
Type locality 'Karkloof Bush, Pietermaritzburg, Natal' [KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ennea columnella Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259029 on 2025-09-10
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1901). Descriptions of fourteen new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 8 (46): 315-321, pl. 2. London. [1 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980371
page(s): 316, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
additional source Burnup, H. C. (1914). On South African Enneae, with descriptions of new species and varieties. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 3(1): 29–82, pls iii-v.
page(s): 58 [details]
page(s): 316, pl. 2, fig. 2. [details]
additional source Burnup, H. C. (1914). On South African Enneae, with descriptions of new species and varieties. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 3(1): 29–82, pls iii-v.
page(s): 58 [details]




From editor or global species database
Type locality 'Karkloof Bush, Pietermaritzburg, Natal' [KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. [details]