MolluscaBase name details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Walls, J. G. (1980). <i>Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae</i>. <em>Hong Kong: TFH Publications.</em> [details]
additional source
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]
From other sources
Description Solid lumpy shell, up to 10 cm, with large nodules on shoulders and spiral rows of smaller nodules on body whorl. Widely flaring lip with short siphonal canal and a deep channelled anal canal. White exterior marked by variable brown, purple and black blotches. Habitat: shallow sand near coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to C Pacific Ocean. Regional names: Kis. Chuwali. (Richmond, 1997). [details]