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

Cuspidaria maxima Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuspidaria*	Nardo, 1840	accepted genus name
*Aulacophora*	Jeffreys, 1882	junior homonym
*Neaera*	J. E. Gray, 1833	junior homonym
*Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria)*	Nardo, 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 10: 139-234, pl. 3-7.
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. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Campagnes scientifiques du Prince de Monaco. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Pélécypodes. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 22: 22-31.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria maxima Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897. 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:181374