Etimologia: homenagem a William Stimpson (1832-1872),malacologista diretor da Chicago Academy of Science, 1865-71
Sinônimo: Pyrgiscus stimpsoni (Bush, 1899),
Descrição original: Bush K.J. (1899). Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51: 145-177, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389312