WoRMS taxon details
Tylotiella hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882)
435157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435157)
accepted
Species
Austrodrillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Clavatula hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Clavus hottentotus (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crassispira hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drillia hottentota var. fuscescens G. B. Sowerby III, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma (Clavus) hottentota E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma hottentota E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) hottentota 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): 208-209. [details]
page(s): 208-209. [details]
Type locality contained in Port Elisabeth
type locality contained in Port Elisabeth [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tylotiella hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435157 on 2026-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) hottentota 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): 208-209. [details]
original description (of Drillia hottentota var. fuscescens G. B. Sowerby III, 1921) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1921). New shells from Port Alfred, collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Turton. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 14(4): 125-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346844
page(s): 127 [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): 196, figs 109-113. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 208-209. [details]
original description (of Drillia hottentota var. fuscescens G. B. Sowerby III, 1921) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1921). New shells from Port Alfred, collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Turton. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 14(4): 125-127., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30346844
page(s): 127 [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): 196, figs 109-113. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Drillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To Malacopics (Clavus hottentotus (E. A. Smith, 1882) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, ... (from synonym Clavus hottentotus (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Malacopics (Clavus hottentotus (E. A. Smith, 1882) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, ... (from synonym Clavus hottentotus (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally, from synonym
