original descriptionMörch, O. A. L. (1859). Étude sur la famille des vermets. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 7: 342-360 [June 1859]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863315 page(s): 359-360 [details]
additional sourceBieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online athttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf page(s): 22, 70 [details]
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Type locality Borneo [sic]; corrected to Japan by Mörch (1865: 99) [details]