MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Cytherea pudica Menke, 1850) Menke, K. T. (1850). Zwei neue Cytherea-Arten meiner Sammlung. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 6:145-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300243 [details]
original description
(of Venus tumens 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
page(s): 3292 [details]
original description
(of Caryatis fidicinia Römer, 1867) Römer, E. (1864-1869). Monographie der Molluskengattung <i>Venus</i>, Linné. 1. Band: subgenus <i>Cytherea</i> Lamarck. Cassel, Th. Fischer, 217 p., 59 pl. [pp. 1-12, pl. 1-3, 1864; pp. 13-42, pl. 4-9, 1865; pp. 43-66, pl. 10-18, 1866; pp. 67-126, pl. 19-33, 1867; pp. 127-172, pl. 34-46, 1868; pp. 173-217, pl. 47-59 and title page to vol. 1, 1869]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11686
page(s): 111, pl. 30 fig. 2 [details]
basis of record
Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (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]
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 894-895 [details]