MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Trachycystis ordinaria Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Including anatomical descriptions of two new genera (<i>Afrodonta</i>, M. & P., and <i>Peltatus</i>, G.-A.) by Lt.-Col. H.H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (2): 129-136, pl. 7-8. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295838
page(s): 135, pl. 7, figs 8-8b [details]
original description
(of Helix rivularis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 77, pl. 4, fig. 25. [details]
original description
(of Trachycystis persimilis Connolly, 1932) Connolly, M. (1932). On some South African Endodontidae. Part I. Annals of the Natal Museum, 7 (1): 91-104, pl. 5. Pietermaritzburg [February].
page(s): 97, pl. 5, figs 4 a-c. [details]
additional source
Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source
Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 208 [details] Available for editors [request]