original description
Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1964). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part V. Lamellibranchiata. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(3): 361-593., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854756
page(s): 496. [details]
source of synonymy
Rosewater, J. (1965). The family Tridacnidae in the Indo-Pacific. <i>Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(6)</i>: 347-408 (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘l’Océan indien?’ (Lamarck, 1819: 106) [details]
Type material MHNG, lectotype [details]