MolluscaBase name details
original description
Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 154 [details]
source of synonymy
Lamprell, K. L. & Kilburn, R. N. (1999). The genera <i>Lioconcha</i> and <i>Pitar</i> in South Africa and Mozambique, with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Vita Marina.</em> 46(1-2): 19-41. [June 1999]., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/262759.pdf
note: treated as synonym of Pitar abbreviatus [details]
source of synonymy
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]