original description
Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 198 [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
ICZN. (1955). Opinion 338 Acceptance of the Mesozoic fossil species Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, as the type species of the nominal genus Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801, and addition of the generic name Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 (class Pelecypoda) to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. <em>Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 10(5): 125-180., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34609568 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 338: placed on official list of specific names, and stated not being the type species of any genus [details]
