Sinônimo: Columbella dichroa Sowerby I, 1844; Nitidelladichroa (Sowerby I, 1844); C. orphiaDuclos, 1846; BuccinumparvulumDunker, 1847; C.schrammi Petit, 1853; N. elegans Dall, 1871
Descrição original: 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/11076453page(s): 129, pl. 40 figs 168, 169 [11 April 1844]