MolluscaBase taxon details
Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
435086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435086)
accepted
Species
Drillia fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) · unaccepted
Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (basionym)
Pleurotoma fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Vidal
type locality contained in Cape Vidal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tropidoturris fossata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435086 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1903). Mollusca of South Africa. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2(3): 213-232, pls 3-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 646 [details]
page(s): 214, pl. 3, fig. 5. [details]
new combination reference Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 646 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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