original description
Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico (Schluss). <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1854 (321/322): 89-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11231354
page(s): 91 [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 the Swiss naturalist, Bernard Friedrich Blauner (1803-1853) who contributed Puerto Rican specimens to Shuttleworth. [details]