Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Cuspidarioidea > Family Cuspidariidae

Rhinoclama Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym
*Leiomya (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym
*Rhinoclama (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Rhinoclama halimera (Dall, 1886)
Rhinoclama inflata (Jeffreys, 1882)
Rhinoclama nitens (Locard, 1898)
Rhinoclama notabilis (Jeffreys, 1876)
Rhinoclama semistrigosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
Rhinoclama teres (Jeffreys, 1882)

Literature

original description	Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9.
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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187.
additional source	Heppell, C.; Morgan, R. E. (1983). Rhinoclama Dall & Smith, 1886 (Mollusca, Septibranchia) : proposed validation of the customary usage. Z.N. (S.) 2151. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 40(4): 221-224.
subsequent type designation	ICZN. (1986). Opinion 1376. Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) adamsi (Morgan & Heppell, 1981) designated as type species of Rhinoclama Dall & Smith, 1886 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 43(1): 30-32.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhinoclama Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137862