Marine Species Traits - Protocuspidaria azorica (E. A. Smith, 1885)

WoRMS taxon details

Protocuspidaria azorica (E. A. Smith, 1885)

AphiaID

139465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139465)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Protocuspidaria J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981

Original name

Neaera azorica E. A. Smith, 1885

Synonymised names

Cuspidaria azorica (E. A. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted

Neaera azorica E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Neaera azorica E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41-42; pl. 10, fig. 7-7b. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Azores Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protocuspidaria azorica (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139465 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Neaera azorica E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41-42; pl. 10, fig. 7-7b. [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]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

additional source 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]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Neaera azorica E. A. Smith, 1885)