Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Columbellidae > Genus Columbella

Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Columbella*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Colombella*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Columbella rufa*	Menke, 1853	synonym
*Columbella rustica var. azorica*	Drouët, 1858	synonym
*Columbella striata var. minor*	Dautzenberg, 1900	synonym
*Purpura siger*	Adanson, 1757	synonym

Literature

original description	Menke, K. T. (1853). Conchylien von St. Vincent mit kritischen Anmerkungen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Jahrg. 10, nr 5, pp. 67-80; nr. 6, pp. 81-82.
basis of record	Russini V., Fassio G., Modica M. V., deMaintenon M. J. & Oliverio M. (2017). An assessment of the genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799 (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from eastern Atlantic. Zoosystema. 39(2): 197-212.
status source	Moolenbeek, R. G.; Hoenselaar, H. J. (1991). On the identity of «Columbella rustica» from West Africa and the Macaronesian Islands. Bulletin, Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 13(6): 65-70.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139195