RAMS taxon details
Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840
137858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137858)
accepted
Genus
Cuspidaria (Subcuspidaria) Egorova, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subcuspidaria Egorova, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Cuspidaria concentrica Thiele, 1912
- Species Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
- Species Cuspidaria infelix Thiele, 1912
- Species Cuspidaria kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Cuspidaria minima (Egorova, 1993)
- Species Cuspidaria multicostata Egorova, 1993
- Species Cuspidaria tenella E. A. Smith, 1907
- Subgenus Cuspidaria (Subcuspidaria) Egorova, 1993 accepted as Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cuspidaria fragilissima (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Cardiomya fragilissima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Nardo G.D. (1840). Sopra un nuovo genere di conchiglie de mare Adriatico. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 49-51., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=TmJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137858 on 2026-05-31
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137858 on 2026-05-31
Date
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original description
Nardo G.D. (1840). Sopra un nuovo genere di conchiglie de mare Adriatico. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 49-51., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=TmJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA49 [details]
original description (of Subcuspidaria Egorova, 1993) Egorova, E. (1993). Antarctic <i>Cuspidaria</i> (Cuspidariidae, Cuspidariida, Bivalvia). <em>Antarktika [Антарктика].</em> 32: 151–166. [in Russian]. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
original description (of Subcuspidaria Egorova, 1993) Egorova, E. (1993). Antarctic <i>Cuspidaria</i> (Cuspidariidae, Cuspidariida, Bivalvia). <em>Antarktika [Антарктика].</em> 32: 151–166. [in Russian]. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuspidaria)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuspidaria)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cuspidaria sp., shell, APICAL view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cuspidaria sp., shell, left valve, outer view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cuspidaria)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cuspidaria sp., shell, APICAL view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cuspidaria sp., shell, left valve, outer view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
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