MolluscaBase name details
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1850-1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Lucina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, May 1850; pl. 6-9, June 1850; pl. 1, 10-11 August 1850]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142186
page(s): Pl. 10, species 37 [details]
additional source
Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15: 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 251 [details]
source of synonymy
Taylor J.D., Glover E.A. & Williams S.T. (2013) Taxonomy and phylogeny of western Atlantic Lucinidae: new genus for <i>Lucina costata</i> d'Orbigny, 1846, a new species of <i>Ferrocina</i> and neotype designation for <i>Venus orbiculata</i> (Montagu, 1808). <i>The Nautilus</i> 127(4): 131-146. [details]