MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Ostrea senatoria Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record
Rombouts, A. (1991). Guidebook to Pecten shells. <em>Universal Book Services/Backhuys.</em> [details]
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 212 [details]
From other sources
Spelling C. senatorius in Spry, 1964. Subgenus Mimachlamys (Rombouts, 1991); subgenus treated as invalid in Vaught. [details]