MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Murex margariticola Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 177. [details]
basis of record
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source
Fujioka, Y. (1984). Sexually Dimorphic Radulae in Cronia margariticola and Morula musiva (Gastropoda:Muricidae). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 43 (4):315-330. [details] Available for editors [request]