MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Adams, A. (1856). Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (<i>Leda, Nucula</i>, and <i>Pythina</i>) from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 47-53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573
page(s): 51. [details]
original description
(of Nucula castanea A. Adams, 1856) Adams, A. (1856). Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (<i>Leda, Nucula</i>, and <i>Pythina</i>) from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 47-53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573
page(s): 53. [details]
basis of record
Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]