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Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928

463594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463594)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26.
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463594 on 2026-10-11
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. Columbarium formosissimum Tomlin, 1928. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463594 on 2026-10-11
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2010-03-04 08:33:38Z
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2011-10-15 11:20:42Z
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original description Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1928). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum, III. Revision of the South African Nassariidae (olim Nassidae). IV. Families Terebridae, Columbariidae, Thaididae, Architectonicidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(2): 313–335, pls 25–26.
page(s): 331, pl. 25, fig. 1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Darragh, T. A. (1969). A revision of the family Columbariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 83(1): 63-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56624162
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Turbinellidae. Pp. 300-310, 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] 
 
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