original description
Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863 [details]
basis of record
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
source of synonymy
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]
From editor or global species database
Type locality ‘ad Sanctam Elenam’ [Ecuador, Santa Elena], in sandy mud at 7 fms. Coll. Cuming [details]
Type material NHMUK 1989120, syntypes [details]