WoRMS taxon details
Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
435086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435086)
accepted
Species
Drillia fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (basionym)
Pleurotoma fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata 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): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Vidal
type locality contained in Cape Vidal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435086 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata 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): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 646 [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 646 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pleurotoma fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Drillia fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903))
To Malacopics (Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 193) Mozambique, Maputo, Inhaca Island, by...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pleurotoma fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Drillia fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903))
To Malacopics (Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 193) Mozambique, Maputo, Inhaca Island, by...
