WoRMS taxon details
Tropidoturris scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
435088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435088)
accepted
Species
Clavatula (Surcula) opulenta Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted
Drillia scitecosta [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Drillia scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Drillia) scitecostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (basionym)
Pleurotoma scitecosta [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Surcula opulenta Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) scitecostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 214, pl. 4, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 4, fig. 10. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tropidoturris scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435088 on 2025-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) scitecostata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 214, pl. 4, fig. 10. [details]
original description (of Surcula opulenta Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 192 [226], pl. 27, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 654, figs 3, 8, 13, 49-53. [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 4, fig. 10. [details]
original description (of Surcula opulenta Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
page(s): 192 [226], pl. 27, fig. 15. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 654, figs 3, 8, 13, 49-53. [details]
Other
additional source
Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 223. [details]
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 223. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Drillia scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903))
To Malacopics (Tropidoturris scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) South Africa, Western Cape, off Cape Agulhas, by trawling, at 150-250 m depth, collected 1993-11-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Tropidoturris scitecostata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) South Africa, Western Cape, off Cape Agulhas, by trawling, at 150-250 m depth, collected 1993-11-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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