Nomenclature
original description
Thompson, W. (1845). Additions to the fauna of Ireland, including descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1)15: 308-321, pl. 19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18664187
page(s): 316; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details] 
basis of record
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van Belgiƫ [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ireland [stated as possibly Port Marnock] [details]