original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). <i>Giffordius pinchoti</i> n. g., n. sp. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(4): 142-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515196 [details]
basis of record
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source
Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 89 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American forester, politician, leader, and financier of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929), Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). [details]