WoRMS taxon details
Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858)
511530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511530)
accepted
Species
Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum acuminatum Broderip, 1830; Columbella menkeana is a replacement name
Columbella menkeana Reeve, 1858 · unaccepted (original combination)
Columbella xavierana Tenison Woods, 1877 · unaccepted
Mitrella acuminata (Menke, 1843) · unaccepted
Pyrene axiaerata Verco, 1910 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Columbella menkeana Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus <i>Columbella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1859; pl. 2-8, January 1858; pl. 9-12, April 1858; pl. 13-18, October 1858; pl. 19-23, November 1858; pl. 24-25, February 1859; pl. 26-37, April 1859]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166
page(s): pl. 14, species no. 69 [details]
page(s): pl. 14, species no. 69 [details]
Lectotype (of Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843) ZMB...
Lectotype (of Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843) ZMB 13.950, geounit Western Australia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511530 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Columbella menkeana Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus <i>Columbella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1859; pl. 2-8, January 1858; pl. 9-12, April 1858; pl. 13-18, October 1858; pl. 19-23, November 1858; pl. 24-25, February 1859; pl. 26-37, April 1859]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166
page(s): pl. 14, species no. 69 [details]
original description (of Columbella xavierana Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Pyrene axiaerata Verco, 1910) Verco, J. C. (1910). Notes on South Australian Marine Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species. - Part XIII. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 34:115-145, pl. 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35268183 [details]
basis of record Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Columbella menkeana Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus <i>Columbella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1859; pl. 2-8, January 1858; pl. 9-12, April 1858; pl. 13-18, October 1858; pl. 19-23, November 1858; pl. 24-25, February 1859; pl. 26-37, April 1859]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166
page(s): pl. 14, species no. 69 [details]
original description (of Columbella xavierana Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Pyrene axiaerata Verco, 1910) Verco, J. C. (1910). Notes on South Australian Marine Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species. - Part XIII. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 34:115-145, pl. 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35268183 [details]
basis of record Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
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Lectotype (of Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843) ZMB 13.950, geounit Western Australia [details]