MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Mactra ordinaria E. A. Smith, 1898) Smith, E. A. (1898). On a small collection of marine shells from New Zealand and Macquarie Island, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 20–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075353
page(s): 23 [details]
original description
(of Mactra elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp.
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]