original description
Marwick, J. (1944). New Zealand fossil and recent Cardiidae (Mollusca). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 74 (3): 255-272, pl. 35-37. [details]
taxonomy source
Voskuil R.P.A. & Onverwagt W.J.H. (1991) Studies in Cardiidae. 3. The recent species of <i>Maoricardium</i> Marwick, 1944 (Mollusca, Bivalvia), with description of a new species. <i>Basteria</i> 55: 25-33. [1 June 1991], available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/download?type=document&docid=596966 [details]
additional source
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature No subfamilial designation [details]