original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1907). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from New Caledonia, etc. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7: 299-303, pl. 25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797781
page(s): 303, pl. 25 fig. 13 [details]
additional source
Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): fig. 113d; note: holotype illustrated [details]
source of synonymy
Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (1997). New species and records of <i>Rastafaria</i> and <i>Megaxinus</i> (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of <i>Megaxinus</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 36(1): 1-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cape Verde Islands [details]