WoRMS taxon details
Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882)
434813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434813)
accepted
Species
Crassispira diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted
Drillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma diversa E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 206-218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29869922
page(s): 207. [details]
page(s): 207. [details]
Type locality contained in Algoa Bay
type locality contained in Algoa Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434813 on 2025-08-23
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Nomenclature
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(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) diversa E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 10: 206-218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29869922
page(s): 207. [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 152 [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 29(1): 167-320.
page(s): 254, figs 21, 203-206. [details]
page(s): 207. [details]
basis of record Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 152 [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 29(1): 167-320.
page(s): 254, figs 21, 203-206. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma diversa E. A. Smith, 1882)
To Malacopics (Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys Bay, in shellgrit at waters edge, collected May 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To Malacopics (Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys Bay, in shellgrit at waters edge, collected May 1982, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Psittacodrillia diversa (E. A. Smith, 1882))
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