original description
Lea, I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 5: 23-119, pls 1-19 [August or September 1834]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957690
page(s): 81, pl. 19, fig. 73 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown (possibly somewhere in South America) [details]