MolluscaBase name details
original description
Kira, T. (1960) Coloured Illustrations Shells of Japan. Revised Edition. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, 239 pp. [Second edition, second printing.] [details]
additional source
Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (1990). On the various editions of Tetsuaki Kira's “Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan” and “Shells of the Western Pacific in color Vol. 1”, with an annotated list of new names introduced. <em>Malacologia.</em> 32: 131-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13146396 [details]