original description
Whiteaves, J.F. (1878). On some marine invertebrata from the West coast of North America. <em>The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science.</em> (New Ser.) 8 (8): 464-471.
page(s): 468, footnote [details]
source of synonymy
Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canada, British Columbia, ‘Strait of Georgia, between Race Island Lighthouse and Victoria Harbour, in 30 to 50 fathoms’. Leg. Richardson, 1874-75. [details]
Type material Unknown, possibly in the ‘Museum of the Natural History Society of Montreal’ [details]