MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Gofas, S.; Rolán, E. (2009). A systematic review of "<i>Asthenotoma spiralis</i> (Smith, 1872)" in West Africa, with description of two new species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31: 5-16., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/5393225#.Y0f2DUxBzs0 [details]
original description
(of Pleurotoma spiralis E. A. Smith, 1872) Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1871: 727–739, pl. 75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554665
page(s): 731, pl. 75, fig. 8. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Pleurotoma spiralis Smith, 1872, non Pleurotoma spiralis M. de Serres, 1829. [details]