African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Colubraria nitidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)

AfReMaS taxon details

Colubraria nitidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)

AphiaID

208638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208638)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Colubraria Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Triton nitidulus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) 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]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Colubraria nitidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208638 on 2026-05-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Colubraria nitidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208638 on 2026-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-03-20 15:28:41Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-29 16:09:11Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-13 23:36:34Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-06-10 03:29:08Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description (of ) 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]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 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]

basis of record Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388
page(s): 37 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 121. [details]

additional source Apte, D. (2019). First record of Colubraria nitidula (Sowerby I, 1833) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Lakshadweep Islands, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 116: 63-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/121555 [details]

additional source Kilburn, R. N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum. 21(2): 391-437., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_664 [details] Available for editors

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 106 [details]

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]