MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Purpura castanea Küster, 1859) Küster, H. C. (1843-1860). Die Gattungen <i>Buccinum, Purpura, Concholepas</i> und <i>Monoceros</i>. <em>In: Küster, H. C., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Dritten Bandes erste Abtheilung.</em> 3(1): 1-229, pls 1-35. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. (publication dates: pl. 1 [1843]; pl. 3 [1844]; pl. 18 [1846]; pl. 19 [1847]; pl. 2 [1855]; pls 4-9, 16 [1856]; 1-90, pls 10-15, 20, 22, 24, 25, 30-35 [1858]; 91-178, pls 21, 22a, 23, 23a, 24a, 25a, 26-29, 31, 31a, 32, 32a, 33-34 [1859], 179-229, pls A, B, 17, 30, 32b [1860])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34331709
page(s): 170, pl. 28 figs 8-9 [details]
original description
(of Cominella unifasciata G. B. Sowerby III, 1886) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1886). Marine shells of South Africa collected at Port Elizabeth, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(1): 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653685
page(s): 3 [details]
original description
(of Cominella unifasciata var. concolor G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1897). <i>Appendix to marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured</i>. London: G.B. Sowerby, 42 pp., 8 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297112
page(s): 4 [details]
original description
(of Cominella unifasciata var. nigronodulosa W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 53, pl. 12, sp. 392. [details]
basis of record
Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332301456_Description_of_new_genera_and_new_species_of_Ergalataxinae_Gastropoda_Muricidae
page(s): 28, figs 6H, 21I-K [details]
new combination reference
Claremont, M., Houart, R., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 79 (1): 19-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eys028 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution South Africa, from False Bay to the south coast of Natal, and Walters Shoals, south of Madagascar. [details]