MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Zoila episema Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 300, pl. 27, figs 3, 4. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Zoila venusta sorrentensis F. A. Schilder, 1963) Schilder, F.A. (1963). Further remarks on two rare cowries species (Gastropoda). <em>The Veliger.</em> 5(4): 125-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42399441
page(s): 126. [details]
basis of record
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 328. [details]
additional source
Wilson B. & Clarkson P. (2004) <i>Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera:</i> Zoila <i>and</i> Umbilia. Odyssey Publishing, El Cajon, California. 396 pp.
note: = venusta venusta. [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity DNA tested by Chris Meyer (CGDP) and not recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Until more evidence becomes available to validate it, it should be considered a species inquirenda. [details]