original description
Melvill, J. C. (1909). Report on the marine Mollusca obtained by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., among the islands of the Indian Ocean in 1905. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> ser. 2, Zoology, 13(1): 65-138, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398974
page(s): 134, pl. 5, fig. 14 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mascarene Ridge, Cargados Carajos Isls., station B 20, 28 fms [51 m], coarse coral-rubble bottom. Coll. J.S. Gardiner [details]
Type material NHMUK 1910.3.14.20, holotype [details]