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 atlantica J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981

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

Species group names

*Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) atlantica*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

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.
basis of record	Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 43–82 [in English].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria atlantica J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981. 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:748288