original description
Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1892). Descriptions of seventeen new terrestrial mollusks from South or Central Africa, in the collection of EDGAR L. LAYARD, Esq. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 9 (49): 87-94, pl. 4-6. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617730
page(s): 92 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality 'East London' [E. Cape, South Africa]. [details]