WoRMS name details
Pleurotoma burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
437029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437029)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 3, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
page(s): 3, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437029 on 2026-02-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 3, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
page(s): 3, pl. 8, figs 1, 2. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca, I. <em>Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums.</em> 8(4): 39-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52280437 [details] Available for editors 
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