original description
Guppy, R. J. L. (1869). Notice of some new marine shells found on the shores of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(7): 366-369., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54075248
page(s): 367; note: Guppy (1875: 51, pl. 7 fig. 3) has identical description + figure [details]
basis of record
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Trinidad, South coast (T.W. Carr) [details]
Type material Probably lost by fire: Guppy collection ‘burnt in Victoria Inst., Trinidad, in 1920’ (Sherborn, 1940: 63) [details]