Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Brachiopoda > Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea > Class Rhynchonellata > Order Terebratulida > Suborder Terebratellidina > Superfamily Megathyridoidea > Family Megathyrididae > Genus Argyrotheca

Argyrotheca cuneata (Risso, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Argyrotheca*	Dall, 1900	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Terebratula cuneata*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, 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. 334
additional source	Alvarez F., Brunton C. H. C. & Long S. L., 2008. Loop ultrastructure and development in Recent Megathiridoidea, with description of a new genus, Joania (type species Terebratula cordata Risso, 1826). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98, 391-403.
additional source	Logan, A., Noble, J.P.A. (1983). Recent brachiopods from Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist. 1(2): 33-42.
additional source	Logan, A. (1983). Brachiopoda collected by CANCAP I-III expeditions to the south-east North Atlantic, 1976–1978. Zoologische Mededelingen. 57(18): 165-189, 3 fig., 1 pl.
additional source	Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
additional source	Stiasny, G. (1933). VI. Verzeichnis der Brachiopoden-Sammlung des naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie te. Deel XV. LEIDEN. Aflevering 3-4. 129-148.
additional source	Alvarez, F.; Martínez, A.; Núñez, L.; Núñez, J. (2005). Sobre la presencia en Canarias de varias especies de braquiópodos (Brachiopoda: Rhynchonellata) en cuevas y cornisas submarinas. Vieraea. 33, 261-279.
additional source	Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 57(2314), 261-377.
ecology source	Albano, P. G.; Stockinger, M. (2019). The rhizome layer of Posidonia oceanica: an important habitat for Mediterranean brachiopods. Marine Biodiversity. 49(5): 2467-2472.

Genbank

Citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Argyrotheca cuneata (Risso, 1826). 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:104064