WoRMS taxon details
Drillia albicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
433574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433574)
accepted
Species
Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Pleurotoma (Drillia)...)
of Pleurotoma (Drillia) roseobasis E. A. Smith, 1888, Pleurotoma roseotincta Dall, 1919 is replacement name
Pleurotoma albicostata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma roseotincta Dall, 1919 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Pleurotoma roseotincta...)
of Pleurotoma roseotincta Montrouzier, 1872, Pleurotoma testudinus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923 is replacement name
Pleurotoma testudinus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Pleurotoma albicostata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters 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 South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drillia albicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433574 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma albicostata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters 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 South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma testudinus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1923). Corrections of the name of <i>Drillia roseobasis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(4): 132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279934 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma roseotincta Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1902). Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899. XIII. Marine Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 4: 549–560, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666186
page(s): 558, pl. 35, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma testudinus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1923). Corrections of the name of <i>Drillia roseobasis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(4): 132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279934 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma roseotincta Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 333 [details]
original description (of Drillia roseobasis Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1902). Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898–1899. XIII. Marine Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 4: 549–560, pl. 35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666186
page(s): 558, pl. 35, fig. 2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 81948) (from synonym Pleurotoma testudinus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Drillia albicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Drillia albicostata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
