original description
Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 140. [details]
basis of record
Rosewater, J. (1970). The family Littorinidae in the Indopacific. I. The subfamily Littorininae. <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 2(11): 417-506., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312871
page(s): 436. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Designated Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands by Rosewater (1970: 437). [details]