original description
Dautzenberg, P. (1891). Voyage de la goëlette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890: Mollusques Testacés. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 16-65, pl. 3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10114227
page(s): 41, pl. 3 figs 4a-b; note: name attributed by to "(Dautzenberg) Récluz MS". [details]
additional source
Adanson M. (1757). <i>Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal, Coquillages</i>. Bauche, Paris, viii + 275 pp., 19 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12014153
page(s): 124, pl. 8 fig. 17; note: as "Le Giton" (non binominal name), basis of Purpura giton [details]
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