WoRMS taxon details
Exilia krigei (Kilburn, 1971)
463444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463444)
accepted
Species
Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971) Kilburn, R. N. 1971. Notes on some deep-water Volutidae, Turbinellidae and Turridae chiefly from off southern Mocambique and Natal, with descriptions of two new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 21(1):123-133.
page(s): 127, figs 2d, 3a, b. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127, figs 2d, 3a, b. [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Mozamnique, 50 km eastward of Inhaca Island,...
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
Type locality Mozamnique, 50 km eastward of Inhaca Island, depth about 520 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Exilia krigei (Kilburn, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463444 on 2026-01-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971) Kilburn, R. N. 1971. Notes on some deep-water Volutidae, Turbinellidae and Turridae chiefly from off southern Mocambique and Natal, with descriptions of two new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 21(1):123-133.
page(s): 127, figs 2d, 3a, b. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of <i>Exilia</i>, formerly <i>Benthovoluta</i> (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). <i>Ruthenica</i> 11(2): 81-136.
page(s): 117, fig. 21, 22 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127, figs 2d, 3a, b. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of <i>Exilia</i>, formerly <i>Benthovoluta</i> (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). <i>Ruthenica</i> 11(2): 81-136.
page(s): 117, fig. 21, 22 [details] Available for editors
Identification resource
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Ptychatractidae. Pp. 311-313, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mozamnique, 50 km eastward of Inhaca Island, depth about 520 m [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exilia krigei)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Exilia krigei (Kilburn, 1971) Off Southern Mozambique)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exilia krigei)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Exilia krigei (Kilburn, 1971) Off Southern Mozambique)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Benthovoluta krigei Kilburn, 1971)