Conrad, T.A. 1857. Description of a new genus of the family Dreissenidæ. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 167. Available electronically.
Conrad, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 167.
Type species: Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831 (monotypy) = Mytilopsis leucophaeata
Conrad, 1831. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263, pl. 11, fig. 13.
Conrad, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 167.