original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1852). <i>Monographia Pneumonopomorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium hujus ordinis generum et specierum hodie cognitarum, accedente fossilium enumeratione</i>. xviii + 439 pp. Cassel: Theodor Fischer / London: Williams & Norgate / Paris: Friedr. Klincksieck [< 15 October]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11102721
page(s): 417-418 [details]
additional source
Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 342 [details]
new combination reference
Watters, G. T. (2006). The Caribbean Land Snail Family Annulariidae: A revision of the higher taxa and a catalog of the species. <em>Backhuys Publishers. Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-557: 1T: 8K: 1-4. [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for Albert Heinrich Riise (1810-1882) a malacologist from Denmark and the Virgin Islands. [details]