MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Mesodesma ventricosa Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972 page(s): 252 [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
Heasman, K. H., Keeley, N. & Sinner, J. (2012). Factors affecting populations of toheroa (Paphies ventricosa): a literature review. <em>Manaaki Taha Moana Research Report 10 (Cawthron Report 1997). ix + 34 pp.</em> [details]
additional source
Kondo, Y.; Stace, G. (1995). Burrowing Ability and Life Position of Toheroa (Paphies ventricosa: Mesodesmatidae), an Unusually Large, Deep-Burrowing Ocean Beach Bivalve Endemic to New Zealand. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(1): 67 -76. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
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