original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 308 [details]
basis of record
Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 16 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Established by Carpenter in synonymy, which would make it unavailable under I.C.Z.N. (1999) Art. 11.6. However, its subsequent usage (Mörch 1862: 359; Cossmann 1912: 112; Palmer 1958: 56) as a valid name makes it available under Art. 11.6.1. [details]