MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139442 on 2025-07-18
original description(ofCuspidaria typica Nardo, 1847)Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). <em>In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268[details]
original description(ofThracia brevirostra T. Brown, 1844)Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172[details]
basis of recordGofas, 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 athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf[details]
Identification resource
identification resourceCosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. page(s): 1036-1037 [details]
additional sourceHuber, 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]
additional sourceHayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Uncommon [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]