MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 248, pl. 19 fig. 21. [details]
original description
(of Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
original description
(of Osteodesma nitidum A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 390, pl. 15, fig. 6. [details]
original description
(of Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
basis of record
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]
additional source
Pimenta, A. D.; Oliveira, C. D. D. C. (2013). Taxonomic Review of the Genus Lyonsia (Pelecypoda: Lyonsiidae) from East Coast of South America, with Description of a New Species and Notes on Other Western Atlantic Species. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 31(1): 75-84., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.4003/006.031.0119 [details]
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]