original description
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 106-107, pl. 3, fig. 8. [details]
source of synonymy
Bruggen, A. C. van. (1969). Studies on the land molluscs of Zululand. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 103: 1-103. Leiden., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317774
page(s): 39 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pietermaritzburg [KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. [details]