original description
Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276
page(s): 34-35 [details]
additional source
Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 429, pl. 27, fig. 12a [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the British malacologist, Robert Boog Watson [Reverend] (1823-1910). [details]