WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) layardi 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): 2, pl. 8, figs 3, 4. [details]
basis of record
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): 239, figs 27, 180-182. [details]
Otheradditional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 152 [details]
additional source
Aiken, R. (2021). Description of three new species of turrids (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from South Africa, with a validation of two species. <em>Visaya.</em> 5 (5): 105-125. page(s): pl. 2 figs 5-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
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