WoRMS taxon details
Cuspidaria platensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
407886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:407886)
accepted
Species
Neaera platensis E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Neaera platensis 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): 45-46, pl. 9, figs 4-4b. [details]
page(s): 45-46, pl. 9, figs 4-4b. [details]
Type locality contained in Rio de la Plata
type locality contained in Rio de la Plata [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria platensis (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407886 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neaera platensis 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): 45-46, pl. 9, figs 4-4b. [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 http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
page(s): 45-46, pl. 9, figs 4-4b. [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 http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Absalão, R. S.; Oliveira, C. D. de Castro. (2011). The genus <i>Cuspidaria</i> (Pelecypoda: Septibranchia: Cuspidariidae) from the deep sea of Campos Basin, Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 54(2): 119-138. [details]
Other
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 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): 148, figs 6-7 [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): 148, figs 6-7 [details]





Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]