Descrição original: Couthouy, J. P. (1839). Monograph on the family Osteodesmacea of Deshayes, with remarks on two species of Patelloidea, and descriptions of new species of marine shells, a species of Anculotus, and one of Eolis. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(2): 129-189., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266787