Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Cuspidarioidea > Family Protocuspidariidae > Genus Protocuspidaria

Protocuspidaria verityi Allen & Morgan, 1981

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protocuspidaria*	Allen & Morgan, 1981	accepted genus name
*Protocuspidaria (Bidentaria)*	Allen & Morgan, 1981	synonym
*Protocuspidaria (Edentaria)*	Allen & Morgan, 1981	synonym

Literature

original description	Allen J. A. & Morgan R. E. (1981). The functional morphology of Atlantic deep water species of the families Cuspidariidae and Poromyidae (Bivalvia): an analysis of the evolution of the septibranch condition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 294: 413-546
basis of record	Poutiers, J.M. & F.R. Bernard. 1995. Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. In : P. BOUCHET (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol. 14. Mémoires Muséum national Histoire naturelle, 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	BIOCEAN

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Bouchet, P. (2014). Protocuspidaria verityi Allen & Morgan, 1981. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183374