Sinônimos: Pyrgocythara caribaea d’Orbigny, 1847; Pleurotoma caribaea d’Orbigny, 1847; Pleurotoma cinctella Pfeiffer, 1840; Mangilia cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840); Pleurotoma fusca C. B. Adams, 1845; Mangelia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845); Tenaturris fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Descrição original: Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490685page(s): 4