original description
(of Helicina rufa L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (325) [“1856”]: 385–392, pl. 36. London [8 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860951
page(s): 392 [details]
basis of record
Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M. (2008). The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 84 (2): 265-310, Berlin. [details]
additional source
Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Haiti (Hispaniola) [details]