WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Mesodesma crassula Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513 [details]
original description
(of Mesodesma munda A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453 page(s): 217. [details]
original description
(of Davila polita Gray, 1853) Gray, 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 at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785724 [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]
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