MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Margarita cidaris P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca from the Vancouver District. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3.</em> 14(46): 423-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249873
page(s): 426 [details]
basis of record
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 60 [details]
additional source
McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Carpenter (1864) attributed the name to A. Adams, but there is no evidence that Adams was involved in writing the brief description presented in Carpenter's work. [details]