MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Legumen ellipticus Conrad, 1858 †) Conrad, T. A. (1858). Observations of a group of Cretaceous fossil shells, found in Tippah County, Mississippi, with descriptions of fifty-six new species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 3: 323-336, pls 34-35., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848308
page(s): 325, pl. 14, fig. 19 [details]
basis of record
Collins, K. S.; Edie, S. M.; Jablonski, D. (2019). Hinge and ecomorphology of <i>Legumen</i> Conrad, 1858 (Bivalvia, Veneridae), and the contraction of venerid morphospace following the end-Cretaceous extinction. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 94(3): 489-497., available online at http://doi: 10.1017/jpa.2019.100 [details] Available for editors [request]