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

Rhinoclama inflata (Jeffreys, 1882)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhinoclama*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	accepted genus name
*Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym
*Leiomya (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym
*Rhinoclama (Rhinoclama)*	Dall & E. A. Smith, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Cuspidaria inflata*	(Jeffreys, 1882)	synonym
*Leiomya inflata*	(Jeffreys, 1882)	synonym
*Neaera inflata*	Jeffreys, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhinoclama inflata (Jeffreys, 1882). 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:505153

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Environment

marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.