MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Ancillaria contusa Reeve, 1864) Reeve, L. A. (1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Ancillaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 15, pl. 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: pl. 1-12, November 1864]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972557
page(s): pl. 9, species no. 31 [details]
basis of record
Smith, E. A. (1903). A list of species of Mollusca from South Africa, forming an Appendix to G. B. Sowerby's "Marine Shells of South Africa". <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 5 (6): 354-402, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15168721 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality