WoRMS taxon details

Drillia lignaria (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)

433604  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433604)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Conoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Drilliidae (Family)
  9. Drillia (Genus)
  10. Drillia lignaria (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) lignaria 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): 215, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details] 
Type locality contained in Cape Peninsula  
type locality contained in Cape Peninsula [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Drillia lignaria (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433604 on 2025-05-05
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2009-12-02 09:46:51Z
created
Tucker, John
2020-11-10 16:37:53Z
changed
Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description (of Drillia distincta 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): 178, pl. 23 fig. 17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pleurotoma (Clavus) lignaria 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): 215, pl. 3, fig. 4. [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): 176, figs 67-69. [details] 

Other

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): 201. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pleurotoma lignaria G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 

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