MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Vitrina gigas W. H. Benson, 1836) Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of terrestrial and fluviatile Testacea, chiefly from the North-East frontier of Bengal. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5 (54): 350-358. Calcutta [June]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188459
page(s): 350 [details]
basis of record
Nevill, G. (1877). List of the Mollusca brought back to Mr. Anderson from Yunnan and upper Burma, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 46: 14–41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548100
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source
Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1875). Descriptions of four new species of Mollusca belonging to the family Zonitidae from the N. E. frontier of Bengal, with drawings of <i>Helicarion gigas</i>, Benson and of a variety of the same. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44, Part 2 (1): 4-7, pls 2-3. Calcutta [24 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37191983
page(s): 6 [details]