original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 586, pl 84, figs 10-11 [details]
basis of record
Romera, B. L. V. 2012. Revisão taxonômica do gênero Diplodonta Bronn, 1831 (Bivalvia: Ungulinidae) na costa brasileira. MSc Dissertation. Universidade de São Paulo. 132pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Date of publication of this species is often cited as 1842, which assumes that plate 84 of d'Orbigny's work was published that year. However, the date of publication of plate 84 is unknown, so the species name must be dated according to page 586 of the text, which was published on Dec. 18, 1846 according to Coan et al. 2013. [details]