original description
Blanford, W. T. & Blanford, H. F. (1860). Contributions to Indian malacology, No. I. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 29(2): 117-127, 1 unnumbered plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40262175
page(s): 121 [details]
original description
(of Gyrostropha Ancey, 1887) Ancey, C. F. (1887). Nouvelles contributions malacologiques. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 4: 273-299. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14884112
page(s): 375 [details]
basis of record
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source
Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> XXXIX + 662 pp., 1 map. [July]. Berlin (R. Friedländer)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1000211
page(s): 412 [details]
From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender Although in the original description the name of the type species has been an adjective of feminine gender, the genus name is derived from a word borrowed from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) and is of neuter gender. [details]