original description
(of Bursa gnorima Melvill, 1918) Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 138, pl. 4, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Beu A.G. (1987 ["1986"]). Taxonomy of gastropods of the families Ranellidae (= Cymatiidae) and Bursidae. Part 2. Descriptions of 14 new modern Indo-West Pacific species and subspecies, with revisions of related taxa. <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 13: 273-355., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1986.10422668
page(s): 340, figs. 218, 245-248 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution "Throughout the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific archipelagoes" [details]