original description
Smith, E. A. (1891). On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with sorne remarks upon the relationship of the molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1891): 390-436, pl. 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31940560
page(s): 422-423.; note: published October, 1891 [details]
source of synonymy
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 727. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Based on Meroe menstrualis sensu Reeve, 1864, non Menke, 1843. [details]