WoRMS name details
Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
519721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:519721)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
Type locality contained in Algoa Bay
type locality contained in Algoa Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519721 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
