Woodward, S.P. 1859. On some new freshwater shells from Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859: 348-350. Available electronically.

Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 349, pl. 47, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-9, Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa.

Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 348, pl. 47, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-8, Lake Tanganyika.