original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Descriptions of six new species of <i>Voluta</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1844: 149–152. [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862443
page(s): 150 [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]
additional source
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 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Described as Voluta (Scapha) piperita Sowerby I, 1845 [details]