Kofoid, C.A. (1909), On Peridinium steini Jorgesen, with a note on the nomenclature of the skeleton of the Peridinidae. Archiv für Protistenkunde 16: 40 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: In warm seas. Mediterranean; San Diego

Schiller, J. in Rabenhorst, L. (ed.) (1937), Dinoflagellatae. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz Bd 10 Abt 3: 198 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peridinium steinii var. mediterraneum (Kof.) J.Schiller legitimate

Balech (1974), Revta Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. 'Bernardino Rivadavia' (Hidrobiol.) 4: 62 [basionym]

basionym of: Protoperidinium mediterraneum (Kof.) Balech legitimate

McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Protoperidinium mediterraneum (Kof.) Balech legitimate

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