WoRMS taxon details
Colubraria ceylonensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
527521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527521)
accepted
Species
Colubraria ceylanensis [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Colubraria concinnata (Melvill, 1904) · unaccepted
Lotorium (Colubraria) concinnatum Melvill, 1904 · unaccepted (basionym)
Triton ceylonensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Triton ceylonensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colubraria ceylonensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527521 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triton ceylonensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 71 [details]
original description (of Lotorium (Colubraria) concinnatum Melvill, 1904) Melvill, J. C. (1904). Descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, in 1903. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 51-60, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176164
page(s): 51, pl. 5, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 120. [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
original description (of Lotorium (Colubraria) concinnatum Melvill, 1904) Melvill, J. C. (1904). Descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, in 1903. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 51-60, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176164
page(s): 51, pl. 5, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 120. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
