MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 1(4): 275-280, plates 37-39., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780365
page(s): 279 [details]
original description
(of Scintilla cumingii Deshayes, 1856) Deshayes, G. P. (1856). Sur le genre <i>Scintilla</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 171-181., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748068
page(s): 173-174 [details]
basis of record
Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
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