original description
Hiller, N. (1986). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises, Part 16. Brachiopoda from the 1975–1979 cruises. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 97(5): 97-140. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
Holotype SAMC SAM-A25466, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Specific epithet 'gracilis' from the Latin 'gracilis' meaning slender, referring to the form of the brachial loop. [details]