original description
Gu, Z.-W.; Huang, B.-Y.; Chen, C.-Z.; Wen, S.-X.; Ma, Q.-H.; Lan, X.; Xu, J.-T.; Liu, L.; Wang, S.-M.; Wang, D.-Y.; Qiu, R.-Z.; Huang, Z.-Q.; Zhang, Z.-M.; Chen, J.-H.; Wu, P.-L. (1976). The Lamellibranch Fossils of China. Science Press, Beijing, 522 pp.
page(s): 325-326 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record
Fang, Z.-J.; Chen, J.-H.; Chen, C.-Z.; Sha, J.-G.; Lan, X.; Wen, S.-X. (2009). Supraspecific taxa of the Bivalvia first named, described, and published in China (1927-2007). <em>The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series.</em> 17: 1-157.
page(s): 77, fig. 22.18-22.21 [details] Available for editors
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Synonymy Ma (1999) considered the genus a synonym of Sulcatapex Yen, 1946, but Fang et al. (2009) listed it as a valid genus. This covers at least the type species, but the status/combination of the other species treated by Ma (1999) remain uncertain. [details]