original description
Küster, H. C. (1841-1855). Die Gattungen <i>Pupa</i>, <i>Megaspira</i>, <i>Balea</i> und <i>Tornatellina</i>. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Band 1, Abt. 15: 1-20, pls 1-2 (1841); 21-68, pls 3, 8-10 (1843); 69-76, pls 11-12 (1844); 77-88, pl. 13 (1845); 89-96, pls 4, 5, 14 (1847); 97-128, pls 6, 15-16 (1850); 129-152, pls 7, 17-21 (1852); 153-194 (1855). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52387298
page(s): 135, pl. 17 figs 18-19 [details]
additional source
Brook, F. J. & Ablett, J. D. (2019). Type material of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described from New Zealand by taxonomists in Europe and North America between 1830 and 1934, and the history of research on the New Zealand land snail fauna from 1824 to 1917. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4697: 1-117.
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source
Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 530 [details]
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Authority Name attributed by Küster to L. Pfeiffer, but the description is not copied from Pfeiffer, suggesting that Küster is the author of the description, and thus the author of the name. [details]
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