Sinônimos: Pleurotoma costata Reeve, 1845; Pleurotoma decora E. A. Smith, 1882
Descrição original: Smith, E. A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 206-218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29869922page(s): 215