original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1865). Diagnoses of new species of mollusks, from the west tropical region of North America, principally collected by Rev J. Rowell, of San Francisco. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1865: 278-282., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497210
page(s): 280 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Acapulco, on Ostrea iridescens [details]