MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Voluta ambigua var. monstrosa J. Sowerby, 1816 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 31, pl. 115 fig. 5 [details]
basis of record
Pacaud, J. M. & Ledon, D. (2023). <i>Athleta (Volutospina) baili</i> nov. sp., une espèce nouvelle de Volutidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) du Bartonien (Éocène moyen) du bassin de Paris. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 40: 3-10.
page(s): pl. 2 figs 1-3 [details]