original description
(of Cottonia Iredale, 1934) Iredale, T. (1934). Two new generic names for South Australian marine Mollusca. <em>The South Australian Naturalist.</em> 15(2): 57-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55955032
page(s): 57 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Shell large and thick, ovate to fusiform, with prominent ribbed or coronated shoulders and a gradate spire. Protoconch with the first whorl very large, bulbous, deviated at 90° from the axis of the shell, occasionally decidious. [details]
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