WoRMS name details
Drillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882)
572560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572560)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Drillia hottentota var. fuscescens G. B. Sowerby III, 1921 accepted as Tylotiella hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drillia hottentota (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572560 on 2026-01-14
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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]
page(s): 208-209. [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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additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 44(1): 73-163., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862937
page(s): 120. [details]
page(s): 120. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
