original description
Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 16, 190. [details]
original description
(of Columbella nivea Ravenel, 1861) Ravenel, E. (1861). Descriptions of new Recent shells from the coast of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 41-44. [details]
basis of record
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Replacement name for Columbella nivea Ravenel 1861, non G. B. Sowerby [details]