MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Kira T. (1959). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i>. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]
original description
(of Ancillus apicalis Ninomiya, 1988) Ninomiya, T. (1988). A new subgenus and five new species of the Ancillinae (Gastropoda: Olividae) from southwestern Australia, Japan and Taiwan. <em>Venus.</em> 47(3): 141-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.47.3_141
page(s): 146, pl. 1 figs 9-11 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (1990). On the various editions of Tetsuaki Kira's “Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan” and “Shells of the Western Pacific in color Vol. 1”, with an annotated list of new names introduced. <em>Malacologia.</em> 32: 131-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13146396 [details]