WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Crassatella ornata Reeve, 1842) Reeve, L. A. (1842). Monograph of <i>Crassatella</i>, a genus of acephalous mollusks (family Mactracea). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 42-46 [November 1842]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679804 page(s): 46; note: Described as a new species, but with a statement that Mesodesma ornata Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 may be the same [details]
original description
(of Mesodesma ornata J. E. Gray, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578 page(s): 598, pl. 22 fig. 6; note: plate bound next to p. 422 [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]
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. page(s): 380-381 [details]
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