MolluscaBase taxon details
Anachis milium (Dall, 1916)
511412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511412)
accepted
Species
Columbella (Anachis) milium Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella milium Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted (Invalid: treated by Dall as a...)
Invalid: treated by Dall as a secondary homonym of Buccinum parvum H.C. Lea, 1841; Columbella milium is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Columbella (Anachis) milium Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anachis milium (Dall, 1916). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511412 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) 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): 142, pl. 40, fig. 170 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Anachis) milium Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 26 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
page(s): 142, pl. 40, fig. 170 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Anachis) milium Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 26 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
From editor or global species database
Subgenus (Parvanachis) [details]
To Malacopics (Anachis milium (Dall, 1916) Ecuador, Santa Elena, La Libertad, in muddy sand at low tide, collected 1990-01-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To NHMUK collection (Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2382442) (from synonym Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
To NHMUK collection (Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2382442) (from synonym Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)