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original descriptionGray, J. E. (1853). A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 11: 33-44, 398-402., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724[details]
additional sourceCoan, 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]
additional sourceHuber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. page(s): 835 [details]
source of synonymyKeen A.M. (1969). Superfamily Mactracea. Pp. N594-N510, In R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. note: as first reviser, has given precedence of Mactrinula Gray, 1853 over Mactrella Gray, 1853 if these genera were to be considered synonyms [details]
status sourceSignorelli, J. H. (2012). The molluscan genera <i> Mactrella</i> and <i>Mactrinula</i>: Taxonomic revision and redescription of type species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 55(2): 191-202., available online athttps://doi.org/10.4002/040.055.0201 note: restored as valid genus, distinct from Mactrinula Gray, 1853 [details] Available for editors