MolluscaBase 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 at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511530 on 2025-09-11
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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]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 94 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Buccinum acuminatum Menke, 1843) ZMB 13.950, geounit Western Australia [details]
To Malacopics (Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858) Australia, South Australia, Port Stanvac, off Christies Beach, on mud, by dredging, at 30-40 m depth, collected 1991-01-00, ex coll. M. Peach .)
To Malacopics (Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858) Australia, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Gleesons Landing, collected 16th March 2005, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Mitrella menkeana (Reeve, 1858) Australia, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Gleesons Landing, collected 16th March 2005, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
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