original description
Cooke, C. M., Jr. (1931). The land snail genus <i>Carelia</i>. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin.</em> 85: 1-97, pls. 1-18., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull85.pdf
page(s): 75-77, pl. 14, figs. 6-8 [details]
basis of record
Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the Native Land and Freshwater Molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. [3 June]. Leiden (Backhuys Publishers).
page(s): 113 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality on the upper slopes and top of Haupu, the highest peak of the Kipu range, 1500-2000 feet elevation [details]