original description
(of Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 4, sp. 14 [details]
original description
(of Mactra aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of <i>Mactra</i>, in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 14-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747131
page(s): 17 [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]
additional source
Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. <i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i> 34(2): 111-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766 [details]
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