original description
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1897). Descriptions of eleven new species of land and freshwater Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 19 (114): 633-639, pl. 17. London. [1 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268121
page(s): 634-635, pl. 17, fig. 2. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality 'Town Bush, Maritzburg' [Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. [details]