original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1884). Monograph of the genera <i>Tridacna</i> and <i>Hippopus</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 5 (41-42): 179-182, pl. 485-489, 489*. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085170
page(s): 181-182 [details]
basis of record
Poorten, J.J. ter, 2005. Outline of a systematic index - Recent Cardiidae (Lamarck, 1809). VISAYA net. (Updated 2009 for WoRMS), available online at https://www.conchology.be/?t=702&vnet=1316 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Philippines [details]
Type material Unknown, ‘apparently lost’ (Rosewater, 1965: 389) [details]