MolluscaBase name details
original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). <i>Byssonia</i> (Conch.). pp. 158, in: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5 (supplement). Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001667 [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]
From other sources
Taxonomy Not available from Cuvier (vernacular). Blainville had an entry for Byssonia, which he attributed to Cuvier; he did not clearly use it himself as a valid name, but it was used as valid by, e.g., Oken and Say . [details]