original description
Dupont L. (1979). Notes on variation in <i>Diacria</i>Gray, 1847, with descriptions of a species new to science, <i>Diacria rampali</i> nov. spec., and a forma new to science, <i>Diacria trispinosa</i> forma <i>atlantica</i> nov. forma. <i>Malacologia 18</i>: 37-52 [details]
additional source
Lalli, C. M. and R. W. Gilmer. 1989. <i>Pelagic snails: The Biology of Holoplanktonic Gastropod Mollusks</i>. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. xv, 259 pp., 8 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean (16°06'N, 76°02'W, 300 m) [details]