MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Ancilla osculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 4(1): 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797892
page(s): 3 pl. 1, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 14: i-iv, 1-356. [published 12 July 1984]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59858109 [details]
additional source
Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December]. Review of the <i>Bullia</i> group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. <i>Bulletins of American Paleontology</i> 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40609 [details]
additional source
Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 129. [details]
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Nassariidae. Pp. 138-173, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]