MolluscaBase name details
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 12, species 54; note: ex Deshayes ms. [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
Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 14; note: issued June 1854 [details]