MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 573; pl. 17 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record
Jeffreys, J. G. (1882). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part IV). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881 : 922-952, pl. 70-71., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30760155
page(s): 923 [details]