original description
Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 501, pl. 44, fig. Q. [details]
basis of record
Spry, J. F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. <em>Tanganyika Notes & Records.</em> 56: 1-33. [details]
additional source
OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. for Cerithium gracile Pease, 1860 non Lamarck, 1804. [details]