MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). <i>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. 89 pp., 5 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1353472
page(s): 22, pl. 1, fig. 21. [details]
new combination reference
Lussi M. (2001) Revision of the genus <i>Aesopus</i> Gould, 1860 in South Africa with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 35: 23-28. [October 2001] [details]
identification resource
Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, 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]