original description
Kong, L.; Matsukuma, A.; Hayashi, I.; Takada, Y.; Li, Q. (2012). Taxonomy of Macridiscus species (Bivalvia:Veneridae) from the western Pacific: insight based on molecular evidence, with description of a new species. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>. 78(1): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr024
page(s): 4 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Lutaenko (2001) treated the widely used name Donax aequilatera Sowerby, 1825 as a nomen nudum or a nomen dubium. The Venus or Gomphina aequilatera of authors has been described by Kong et al. as the new species Macridiscus multifarius. [details]