original description
Fuhrmann, O. (1894). Die Turbellarien der Umgebung von Basel. Inaugural-Dissertation. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 2: 215-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38139 [details] 
taxonomy source
Houben, A. M.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. J. (2014). Revision of <em>Phaenocora</em> Ehrenberg, 1836 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Phaenocorinae) with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889(3): 301-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.1
page(s): 339; note: Nomenclatural discussion P. gracilis/P.stagnalis/P.coecum [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Graff, L. von. (1909). IV. Turbellaria, Strudelwürmer. I. Teil : Allgemeines und Rhabdocoelida. <em>Brauer Suesswasserfauna Deutschlands H.</em> 19: 59-142. [details] 
additional source
Gilbert, C. M. (1935). A comparative study of three new American species of the genus Phaenocora with special reference to their reproductive organs and their relationships with other described forms of the genus. <em>Acta Zoologica.</em> 16: 283–386.
page(s): 293 [details] Available for editors 
source of synonymy
Hofsten, N. v. (1911). Neue Beobachtungen ueber die Rhabdocoelen und Alloecoelen der Schweiz. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 1: 1-84.
page(s): 39 [details] 
new combination reference
Hofsten, N. v. (1907). Studien über Turbellarien aus dem Berner Oberland. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 85: 391-654. With 5 plates (22–26).
page(s): 550 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The taxonomic and nomenclatural history of this taxon/name is quite complicated. For a full overview of the taxonomic and nomenclatural history of this taxon/name we refer to Houben et al. (2014). [details]