MolluscaBase name details
Metulella venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †
1451580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1451580)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym (primary homonym of Columbella venusta G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Species
Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metulella venusta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451580 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Columbella venusta G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 205 [details]
new combination reference Jung, P. (1994). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera <i>Columbella</i>, <i>Eurypyrene</i>, <i>Parametaria</i>, <i>Conella</i>, <i>Nitidella</i>, and <i>Metulella</i> (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 106(344):1-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10683097
page(s): P. 27. [details]
page(s): 46-47, pl. 9, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 205 [details]
new combination reference Jung, P. (1994). Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera <i>Columbella</i>, <i>Eurypyrene</i>, <i>Parametaria</i>, <i>Conella</i>, <i>Nitidella</i>, and <i>Metulella</i> (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 106(344):1-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10683097
page(s): P. 27. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
