MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Cardita purpurata Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1854). Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus <i>Cardita</i>, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1852) 20: 100-103, pl. 17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680720
page(s): 100, pl. 17 figs 12-13 [details]
basis of record
Powell, A. W. B. (1979). <i>New Zealand Mollusca. Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells</i>. Collins, Auckland, xiv + 500 pp., 82 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality