WoRMS name details
Drillia praeclara G. B. Sowerby III, 1915
436910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:436910)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1915). Descriptions of five new species of Mollusca of the genera <i>Drillia, Marginella, Apicalia, Plesiotrochus</i>, and <i>Ringicula</i>, all from Ceylon; also notes on the genus <i>Plesiotrochus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11 (4): 213–216. (29 March)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715752 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Drillia praeclara G. B. Sowerby III, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=436910 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1915). Descriptions of five new species of Mollusca of the genera <i>Drillia, Marginella, Apicalia, Plesiotrochus</i>, and <i>Ringicula</i>, all from Ceylon; also notes on the genus <i>Plesiotrochus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 11 (4): 213–216. (29 March)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715752 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]