Lea, I. 1852. Description of a new species of symphynote Unio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 54-55. Available electronically.

Lea, 1852. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 54.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 240 [58], pl. 35, fig. 120.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_83897, North China.