MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Donax plebeia Pulteney, 1799) Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 32; note: mispelled plebia [details]
basis of record
Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 10, [44], fig. 3 [details]
basis of record
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf
note: name credited to G. B. Sowerby I, but thiis is only a new combitation [details]
source of synonymy
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. C. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. Vol. 1: i-lxxx [1853], 1-486 [1848], pl. A-W, AA-ZZ, AAA-ZZZ [dates uncertain]; Vol. 2: 1-480 [1 dec. 1849], 481-557 [1850]; Vol. 3: 1-320 [1850], 321-616 [1851]; Vol. 4: 1-300 [1852], pl. 1-114F [dates uncertain]. London, van Voorst. <em>London, van Voorst.</em> 1:1-486., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 348 [details]