WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Voluta rhinoceros Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 page(s): 3458 [details]
basis of record
Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. <em>Tanganyika Notes & Records.</em> 56: 1-33. [details]
Unreviewed
Description Up to 9 cm, similar to V. turbinellus, in shape, but more rosy pink with light brown patches. Columella wide, orange pink, with only three folds. Habitat: shallow, rocky, sandy substrata. Distribution: W Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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