RAS taxon details
Cuspidaria kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
407813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:407813)
accepted
Species
Subcuspidaria kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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): 46, pl. 24, figs 8-8b. [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 24, figs 8-8b. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407813 on 2026-08-12
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Cuspidaria kerguelensis (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407813 on 2026-08-12
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(of ) 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): 46, pl. 24, figs 8-8b. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 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]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Zelaya, D. G.; Ituarte, C. (2006). Redescription of two Antarctic species of <i>Cuspidaria</i>: <i>C. concentrica</i> Thiele, 1912 and <i>C. minima</i> (Egorova, 1993) (Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 48: 170-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42489890 [details]
additional source Pacheco, L. I., Teso, V. & Pastorino, G. (2022). Taxonomy and biogeography of bivalves of the genus <i>Cuspidaria</i> Nardo, 1840, from the southern Southwestern Atlantic deep sea. <em>Malacologia.</em> 65(1-2): 137-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.065.0109
page(s): 147, fig. 5; note: as C. cf. kerguelensis [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 24, figs 8-8b. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 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]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Zelaya, D. G.; Ituarte, C. (2006). Redescription of two Antarctic species of <i>Cuspidaria</i>: <i>C. concentrica</i> Thiele, 1912 and <i>C. minima</i> (Egorova, 1993) (Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae). <em>The Veliger.</em> 48: 170-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42489890 [details]
additional source Pacheco, L. I., Teso, V. & Pastorino, G. (2022). Taxonomy and biogeography of bivalves of the genus <i>Cuspidaria</i> Nardo, 1840, from the southern Southwestern Atlantic deep sea. <em>Malacologia.</em> 65(1-2): 137-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.065.0109
page(s): 147, fig. 5; note: as C. cf. kerguelensis [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
