MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Rolán, E.; Rubio, F. (2001). New species of the genera Elachisina and Rissoella (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde Archipelago. Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(4): 133-136 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Rolán E. & Gofas S. (2003) The family Elachisinidae (Mollusca, Rissooidea) in the temperate and tropical Atlantic. <i>Iberus</i> 21(2): 67-90. [December 2003], available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4516157 [details]
From other sources
Etymology The specific name alludes to the sculpture of the shell, from the latin "canaliculatus", with small grooves. [details]