MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Daphnella (Surculina) blanda Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details]
basis of record
Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent
species of <i>Exilia</i>, formerly <i>Benthovoluta</i> (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). <i>Ruthenica</i> 11(2): 81-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kantor Y. (2010). Checklist of Ptychatractidae. pers. com. [details]
additional source
Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734 [details]