MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Martesia australis Gray, 1851) Gray, J. E. (1851). An attempt to arrange the species of the family Pholadidae into natural groups. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 8: 380-386., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320196
page(s): 384 [details]
original description
(of Pholas ligniperda 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 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality