original description
Quadras, J. F.; Möllendorf, O. F. von. (1894). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 26(5-6): 81-104., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15601488
page(s): 96, 97 [details]
additional source
Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. <em>Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz.</em> 22: 26-208., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58468236
page(s): 109 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for Joaquin G. Hidalgo (1839-1923), a Spanish malacologist that worked extensively in the Neotropics, Spain, and the Philippines. [details]
Taxonomic remark Cochlostyla (Callicochlias) hidalgoi Mollendorff, 1894 nom n. pro Cochlostyla samarensis Hidalgo, 1887 which is preoccupied by Cochlostyla samarensis C. Semper, 1877. [details]