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): 72-73, pl. 13, figs. 9-10 [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 Wailua, just within the native forest in the valey on the south branch of the north fork of the Wailua River, about 1000 feet elevation [details]