MolluscaBase name details
original description
Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details]
basis of record
Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
From other sources
Distribution Based on a single specimen which was found in Heist (Belgium) in fossil material and the fact that the little Philinidae are difficult to determinate, this record is doubtful. Jaeckel (1952) has also reported Bullaea alata along the Belgian shore. [details]