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Type species Deemed original designation following ICZN Art. 68.2.2. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137858 on 2025-07-15
original description(ofNeaera J. E. Gray, 1833)Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578 page(s): pl. 22, fig. 5 [legend] [details]
original description(ofCuspidaria (Nordoneaera) Okutani, 1985)Okutani, T. (1985). Studies on the Kawamura collection (Mollusca) in the National Science Museum, Tokyo _ I. A new species of Cuspidaria (Bivalvia :Cuspidariidae) from Japan. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(3): 145-148. page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofCuspidaria (Shinkaimya) Okutani & Kawamura, 2002)Okutani & Kawamura. 2002. Abyssal Bivalves Collected from beyond 3,000 m in the Northwest Pacific and Shikoku Basins by the R/V Soyo-Maru, 1977-1981. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology) 28 (1): 1-19 page(s): 14 [details]
original description(ofAulacophora Jeffreys, 1882)Jeffreys, J. G. (1882). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part IV). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881 : 922-952, pl. 70-71., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30760155 page(s): 940; note: as a subdivision, of unspecified rank, of Neaera[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]
Taxonomy
redescriptionCoan, 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]