original description
Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 222, pl. 15, fig. 265a-d. [details]
source of synonymy
Rosenberg, G. (2009). Malacolog 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca., available online at http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description Gould (1852) cites Gould 1849, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 91, but the species name does not occur there. [details]