original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1898). Description of a new South African marine gasteropod. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 5–7, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040327 [details]
basis of record
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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Diagnosis Radula with vestigial lateral teeth. Protoconch large, bulbous, with a pronounced calcarella. [details]
Distribution Restricted to South African waters. [details]
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