MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Helix hottentota Melvill & Ponsonby, 1891) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1891). Descriptions of nine new terrestrial and fluviatile mollusks from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 8 (45): 237-240. London. [1 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686964
page(s): 239. [details]
basis of record
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): 257 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 149 [details]