Species Euplica varians (Sowerby, 1832)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Columbella varians Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1832. Descriptions of new species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1832(2): 113-120 [118].
• Colombella nana Duclos, P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere de tous genres de coquilles univalves marines a l etat vivant et fossile publiee par monographie. Genre Columbelle. Paris : Didot. [pl. 8, fig. 4-6].
• Colombella daliola Duclos, P.L. 1840. Histoire naturelle generale et particuliere de tous genres de coquilles univalves marines a l etat vivant et fossile publiee par monographie. Genre Columbelle. Paris : Didot. [pl. 8, fig. 7-8].
• Columbella poecila Sowerby, G.B. 1847-1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London Vol. 1-2 pp. 1-438, 439-899. [t.1, 118, pl. 37, fig. 51,52].
• Columbella pacifica Gaskoin, J.S. 1851. Descriptions of twenty species of Columbella and one species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19: 2-14 [4].
• Columbella varians clarescens Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [311] [as Columbella varians var. clarescens Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella varians lucescens Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [312] [as Columbella varians var. lucescens Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella varians maculifera Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [312] [as Columbella varians var. maculifera Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella varians fulvescens Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [312] [as Columbella varians var. fulvescens Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella varians scalaris Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [312] [as Columbella varians var. scalaris Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella poecila persignata Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [313] [as Columbella poecila var. persignata Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella varians lucida Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [312] [as Columbella varians var. lucida Hervier, 1899].
• Columbella (pallida) Deshayes, 1844 Deshayes, G.P. 1844. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 10. [278] [as Columbella varians var. lucida Hervier, 1899].
• Colombella lysiska Duclos, M. 1846-1850. Genre Columbella. pls 1-27 in Chenu, J.C. (ed.). Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortin, Masson Vol. 4. [fig. 17-18].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sleurs, W.J. 1985. The marine microgastropods from the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) II. Family Columbellidae (Subfamily Columbellinae), with description of one new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 267-280 [276]
• Drivas, J. & Jay, M. 1990. The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum 31: 163-200 [168]

 

Generic Combinations

• Euplica varians (Sowerby, 1832). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. [4]
• Pyrene varians (Sowerby, 1832). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [107]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific. The following records from the AM collection extend the range beyond that cited in the references her: Coral Sea region 18 C.320962; Norfolk island C.320972; Cocos (keeling) island C.428856; Lord Howe Island C.237228

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2007. Euplica varians (Sowerby, 1832). Seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Columbellidae/Pages/Euplica_varians.htm

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published. [4]

deMaintenon, M. 2008. Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 82: 341-374 [347]

Drivas, J. & Jay, M. 1990. The Columbellidae of Réunion Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum 31: 163-200 [168]

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 1. Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3(7): 395–488, 49 text figs [Date published March 6] [462]

Hervier, J. 1899. Le genre Columbella dan l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 47: 305-391 [311]

Sleurs, W.J. 1985. The marine microgastropods from the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) II. Family Columbellidae (Subfamily Columbellinae), with description of one new species. Indo-Malayan Zoology 2: 267-280 [276]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [107]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	26-Sep-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		26-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED