original description
Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 158 [details]
basis of record
Smith, E. A. (1877). Description of a new species of <i>Helix</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 20: 242–244., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15686367
page(s): 242. [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Merope Newman, 1838 [Mecoptera] and Merope H. & A. Adams, 1856 [Bivalvia]. [details]