original description
Retzius, A.J. (1788). <i>Venus lithophaga</i> descripta. <em>Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.</em> (Turin) 1786-1787, Mémoires des Correspondans: 11-14., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7724511
page(s): 11-14 [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]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Livorno, Italy [details]