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Columbella chlorostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
1438874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438874)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Columbella</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published. [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076453
page(s): 113, pl. 36, figs. 17,18 [details]
page(s): 113, pl. 36, figs. 17,18 [details]
Status Described and figured by G. B. Sowerby I based on a single specimen from the collection of Petit de la Saussaye. The "Type"...
Status Described and figured by G. B. Sowerby I based on a single specimen from the collection of Petit de la Saussaye. The "Type" is supposed to be in "Mus. Rouen" fide Pace (1903:65). The whereabouts of the type are unknown at present, and no recent literatuse is available enabling further identification. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Columbella chlorostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1844. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438874 on 2025-09-11
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Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Monograph of the genus <i>Columbella</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published. [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076453
page(s): 113, pl. 36, figs. 17,18 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 113, pl. 36, figs. 17,18 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Described and figured by G. B. Sowerby I based on a single specimen from the collection of Petit de la Saussaye. The "Type" is supposed to be in "Mus. Rouen" fide Pace (1903:65). The whereabouts of the type are unknown at present, and no recent literatuse is available enabling further identification. [details]
