original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 12, pl. 6, fig. 18. [details]
original description
(of Natica saldontiana Bartsch, 1915) Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 140, pl. 13, figs 1-3. [details]
original description
(of Natica whitechurchi W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 157, pl. 35, sp. 1121. [details]
original description
(of Natica kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 158, pl. 36, sp. 1129. [details]
original description
(of Natica decipiens E. A. Smith, 1904) Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099575
page(s): 34, pl. 2, fig. 23. [details]
basis of record
Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf [details]
additional source
Zhang S.-P. [Suping]. (2016). <i>Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 56. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombacea and Naticacea</i>. Beijing: Science Press. 317 pp., 10 pls. [details]
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 50. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Turton (1932: 158) stated that he found the type at Port Elizabeth. [details]