MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Venerupis reflexa J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 250 [details]
original description
(of Venerupis siliqua Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 1-11, pls 18-19. [published 27 June 1854]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747116
page(s): 5 [details]
original description
(of Venerupis tumida G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1854). Emendations to the monographs of Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (15): 785-787, pl. 168. London, privately published. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937148
page(s): 769, pl. 165, figs. 34, 35 [details]
basis of record
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) [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]