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

Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuspidaria*	Nardo, 1840	accepted genus name
*Neaera*	Gray, 1833	later homonym
*Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria)*	Nardo, 1840	synonym
*Neaera*	Gray, 1833	synonym

Species group names

*Neaera obesa*	Lovén, 1846	synonym

Literature

original description	Lovén S. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar : 1846: 134-160, 182-204
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846). 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:139450