original description
(of Voluta sophia Gray, 1846) Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170841 [details]
basis of record
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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Synonymy Voluta pellis serpentis Lamarck, 1811 - Indonesia, Irian Jaya - is also considered as synonym of the present species [details]
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