original description
Smith, E. A. (1877). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 488-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774
page(s): 495 [details]
source of synonymy
Melvill, J. C. (1917). A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12 (4 and 5): 140-201, pls 8-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770610 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown [details]