Marine Species Traits - Euplica varians (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

WoRMS taxon details

Euplica varians (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6388)

AphiaID

511782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511782)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Euplica Dall, 1889

Original name

Columbella varians G. B. Sowerby I, 1832

Synonymised names

Colombella daliola Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Colombella lysiska Duclos, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Colombella nana Duclos, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Colombella ophonia Duclos, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Columbella pacifica Gaskoin, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella paecila G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Columbella pallida Deshayes, 1844 · unaccepted

Columbella poecila [sic] · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling of paecila by Hervier, 1900)

Columbella poecila var. persignata Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella souverbiei Crosse, 1865 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Columbella spectrum Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Columbella varians G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Columbella varians var. clarescens Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella varians var. fulvescens Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella varians var. lucescens Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella varians var. lucida Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella varians var. maculifera Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Columbella varians var. scalaris Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pyrene (Columbella) nodulosa Nowell-Usticke, 1959 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Pyrene nodulosa Nowell-Usticke, 1959 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Pyrene varians (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Columbella varians G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions 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 southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 118 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Tuamotus

type locality contained in Tuamotus [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euplica varians (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511782 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-01 19:50:42Z

created

Monsecour, Kevin

2011-07-23 09:55:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-05-28 14:31:16Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-04-11 03:05:42Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-05-17 15:20:58Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Colombella daliola Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 8 [details]

original description (of Colombella lysiska Duclos, 1846) Duclos, P. L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In: Chenu, J. C. Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4: pls 1-18 [1846]; 19-25, 27 [1848]; 26 [1850]., available online at http://doc.rero.ch/record/323854/files/MHN-Chenu_3.pdf
page(s): pl. 7 [details]

original description (of Colombella nana Duclos, 1840) Duclos, P.L. (1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 4-6 [details]

original description (of Colombella ophonia Duclos, 1846) Duclos, P. L. (1846-1850). Colombella. In: Chenu, J. C. Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4: pls 1-18 [1846]; 19-25, 27 [1848]; 26 [1850]., available online at http://doc.rero.ch/record/323854/files/MHN-Chenu_3.pdf
page(s): pl. 16 fig. 5-6 [details]

original description (of Columbella pacifica Gaskoin, 1852) Gaskoin, J. S. (1852). Descriptions of twenty species of Columbellae, and one species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 2-14 [dated 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680230
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Columbella pallida Deshayes, 1844) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1844). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome dixième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 638 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64020 [details]

original description (of Columbella paecila G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4): 109-146bis, pls 36-40. London, privately published. [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076453
page(s): 118, pl. 37, figs. 51, 52 [details]

original description (of Columbella souverbiei Crosse, 1865) Crosse, H. (1865). Description d'une Columbelle de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13: 161-163.
page(s): 161 [details]

original description (of Columbella spectrum Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1859; pl. 2-8, January 1858; pl. 9-12, April 1858; pl. 13-18, October 1858; pl. 19-23, November 1858; pl. 24-25, February 1859; pl. 26-37, April 1859]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions 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 southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 118 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. clarescens Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 311 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. fulvescens Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. lucida Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. lucescens Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. maculifera Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Columbella poecila var. persignata Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 313 [details]

original description (of Columbella varians var. scalaris Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Pyrene (Columbella) nodulosa Nowell-Usticke, 1959) Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1959) A Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix U. S. Virgin Islands with Random Annotations. G.W. Nowell-Usticke, St. Croix, 90 pp., 4 pls. [details]

basis of record Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1990). The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Annals of the Natal Museum. 31: 163-200.
page(s): 169, fig. 9 [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. [details]

identification resource Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, 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]

Other

additional source Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1990). The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Annals of the Natal Museum. 31: 163-200.
page(s): 168, fig. 7 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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

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additional source Monsecour, K.; Monsecour, D. (2024). The Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Walters Shoal, off the South coast of Madagascar, with description of fifteen new species. Visaya. 6 (1): 35-60.
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors

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