original description
Blanford, W. T. (1881). Contributions to Indian malacology, No. XII. Descriptions of new land and freshwater shells from Southern and Western India, Burmah, the Andaman Islands, &c. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 49 [1880] (4): 181-222, pl. 2-3. Calcutta [7 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43119260
page(s): 205-206, pl. 2, fig. 15 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Apud Pykara in summos montes 'Nilgiri' dictos Indiae meridionalis" [details]