original descriptionDelle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary[details]
source of synonymyMalaquias, M. A. E.; Reid, D. G. (2008). Systematic revision of the living species of Bullidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a molecular phylogenetic analysis. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 153(3): 453-543., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00369.x[details]