original description
(of Fusivoluta elegans Barnard, 1959) Barnard, K. H. (1959). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part. II. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhachiglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 45: 1-237., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40866077 [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.I., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2020). The challenge of integrative taxonomy of rare, deep-water gastropods: the genus <i>Exilia</i> (Neogastropoda: Turbinelloidea: Ptychatractidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 86: 120-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz037
page(s): 135, figs 3I, 6B [details]
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Ptychatractidae. Pp. 311-313, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Off south-eastern Africa, ranging from South Africa to Mozambique (450–780 m depth). [details]