WoRMS name details
original description
(of Machrochisma africana Tomlin, 1932) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1932). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collection of the South African Museum. 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 30: 157-169., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40855798 page(s): 161, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 32. [details]
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 36 [details]
Unverified
Description The shell is long and narrow, moderately raised, with prominent oval opening from the centre to the anterior edge, up to 4cm long. Colour mottled pink. Habitat: shallow rock and coral areas. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
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