WoRMS taxon details
Drillia caffra (E. A. Smith, 1882)
433585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433585)
accepted
Species
Drillia nereia W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Drillia nivosa E. A. Smith, 1904 · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Clavus) caffra E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (basionym)
Pleurotoma caffra E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pleurotoma (Clavus) caffra 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): 209. [details]
page(s): 209. [details]
Type locality contained in South African Coast
type locality contained in South African Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Drillia caffra (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433585 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Drillia nivosa E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 27, pl. 2, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Drillia nereia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 21, pl. 4. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pleurotoma (Clavus) caffra 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): 209. [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 27, pl. 2, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Drillia nereia W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 21, pl. 4. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pleurotoma (Clavus) caffra 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): 209. [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]
Other
additional 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 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): 124, fig. 11c. [details]
additional source 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): 174, figs 62-66. [details]
page(s): 152 [details]
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): 124, fig. 11c. [details]
additional source 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): 174, figs 62-66. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma caffra E. A. Smith, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Drillia nivosa E. A. Smith, 1904)
To Malacopics (Drillia caffra (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pleurotoma caffra E. A. Smith, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Drillia nivosa E. A. Smith, 1904)
To Malacopics (Drillia caffra (E. A. Smith, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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