Trueman, A.E. & J. Weir. 1946. A monograph of British Carboniferous non-marine Lamellibranchia, Part I. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London 99(434): i-xxxii, 1-18.
Trueman & Weir, 1946. Monogr. Palaeo. Soc., London 99(434): xv.
Type species: Carbonicola exigua Davies & Trueman, 1927 (orig. desig.) = Anthracosphaerium exiguum