Range: 37°N to 35°S; 97.5°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 68 m (live 0 to 46 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Synonymy
Columbella pygmaea auct. non Sowerby, 1832 Columbella atomella auct. non Duclos, 1840 Buccinum concinnum C. B. Adams, 1845 Columbella obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Zafra obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Anachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Buccinum obesum C. B. Adams, 1845 Colombella oxillia Duclos, 1846 Columbella costulata C. B. Adams, 1850 Columbella decipiens C. B. Adams, 1850 Columbella crassilabris Reeve, 1859 Anachis crassilabris (Reeve, 1859) Columbella ornata Ravenel, 1859 Anachis ornata (Ravenel, 1859)
Details
Buccinum obesumC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 37°N to 35°S; 97.5°W to 36°W Depth: 0 to 68 m (live 0 to 46 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: USA: Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Surinam, Brazil: Alagoas, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina; Uruguay References: Dautzenberg (1900); García-Cubas (1971) W; Porter (1974) D; Odé (1984b) L; Lyons (1989b) l; Carvalho Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli (1992); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Faber (2004c) Combining Genera: Anachis Columbella Zafra
Columbella atomella auct. non Duclos, 1840, [Not available] References: Rosenberg (herein) s Comments: Misidentification by Sowerby (1844a, b), Reeve (1858); atomella is an Indo-Pacific Seminella.
Buccinum concinnumC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 5.7 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSEWM Comments: Non Dillwyn, 1817.
Columbella costulataC. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 58, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1850c) NSEWM; Radwin (1977b) s Comments: Non Cantraine, 1835.
Columbella crassilabrisReeve, 1859a, pl. 28, fig. 177a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 18°N to 9.4°N; 82.58°W to 67°W Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico References: E. A. Smith (1890b:261) s (of Columbella decipiens); Warmke & Abbott (1961) NEM; Radwin (1977b) s; Cubit & Williams (1983) S{W}; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) W Combining Genera: Anachis
Columbella decipiensC. B. Adams, 1850b, p. 55, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 5.7 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1850b) NSEW; Radwin (1977b) s Comments: New name for Buccinum concinnum C. B. Adams non Dillwyn; E. A. Smith's (1890b:261) record from St. Helena needs confirmation.
Columbella ornataRavenel, 1859, p. 281 [Synonym] Type Locality: Post pleiocene, Wando River, South Carolina Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm References: Ravenel (1859) M; Maury (1922) s Comments: Described as a fossil. Combining Genera: Anachis
Colombella oxillia Duclos, 1846, [Synonym]
Columbella pygmaea auct. non Sowerby, 1832, [Not available] Range: 18°N Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm Comments: Misidentification by C. B. Adams (1850); Radwin (1977b) misinterprets this as a new name of C. B. Adams.
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.] Adams, C. B. 1850. Notes on the syonymy of certain marine shells Contributions to Conchology 4 54-55. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.] Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.] Ravenel, E. 1859. Description of three new species of univalves, recent and fossil Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1 280-282. [Stated date: -- May 1858.] Reeve, L. 1859. Monograph of the genus Columbella Conchologia Iconica 11 pls. 1, 24-37
