WoRMS taxon details
Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928
463594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463594)
accepted
Species
Coluzea formosissimum (Tomlin, 1928) · unaccepted
marine
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. 1. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 1. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463594 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
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. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record M.G. Harasewych, pers. com., Feb. 2010. [details]
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record M.G. Harasewych, pers. com., Feb. 2010. [details]
Identification resource
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]
Other
additional source
Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578. [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 82 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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): 82 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
