original description
(of Drillia mastersi Brazier, 1876) Brazier, J. (1876). A list of the Pleurotomidae collected during the Chevert Expedition, with the description of the new species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 1: 151-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340119
page(s): 153 [details]
original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) essingtonensis E. A. Smith, 1888) Smith, E. A. (1888). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 2: 300-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25123348
page(s): 303 [details]
basis of record
Hedley, C. (1922). A revision of the Australian Turridae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 13 (6): 213-359., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30170760
page(s): 243 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Wells (1994) excluded mastersi from Inquisitor, but did not suggest an alternative generic allocation. It is thus here kept provisionally in Inquisitor. [details]