MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Pectunculus heroicus Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1906; with descriptions of new species. 2 Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20: 783-848, pls 53-56 [11 April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208540
page(s): 798, pl. 55, fig. 1. [details]
original description
(of Pectunculus lividus Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Pectunculus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 1, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-2, Feruary 1843; pl. 3-4, March 1843; pl. 5-6, April 1843; pl. 7, June 1843; pl..8, August 1843; pl. 9, December 1843]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119359
page(s): pl. 9 fig. 51. [details]
basis of record
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]