MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Pholas curta G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming, chiefly on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 68–72. [26 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859664 page(s): 71 [details]
original description
(of Pholas grayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1872). Monograph of the genus <i>Pholas</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 18. pls 1–12 and unpaginated text. L. A. Reeve & Co., London. [pls. 2-5, Mar. 1872; 1, 6-12, Aug. 1872]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8209249 page(s): Sp. 46 [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]
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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oyster piddock [from synonym] |
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