original description
Reeve, L. A. (1842). Monograph of <i>Crassatella</i>, a genus of acephalous mollusks (family Mactracea). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 42-46 [November 1842]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679804
page(s): 46; note: Described as a new species, but with a statement that Mesodesma ornata Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 may be the same [details]
basis of record
Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription
Reeve, L. A. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Crassatella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 1., pls. 1-3 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: January 1843]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119329
page(s): pl. 3, species 17 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Sometimes credited to Reeve, 1842, but in Reeve it was a new combination for Mesodesma ornata Griffith & Pidgeon. [details]