original description
(of Planorbis tenuis Dunker, 1850) Dunker, W. (1850). Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet.</em> 1(17): 21-28, 35-62, plates 5-10.
page(s): 45, pl. 9, figs. 14-19; pl. 16, figs. 22-25 [details]
basis of record
Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality ditches in the neighborhood of Ciudad México [details]