Species Cuspidaria gigantea Prashad, 1932

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) gigantea Prashad, B. 1932. The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Systematic Part 2. Pelecypoda. Siboga-Expéditie Report 118(34): 1-353, pls 1-9, 1 map [329, pl. 7, fig. 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype stn 159, 411 m [0°59.1'S, 129°48.8'E].
• Cuspidaria kawamurai Kuroda, T. 1948. Studies on Japanese species of Cuspidaria. Venus 15(1-4): 1-28 [11, pl. 1, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moluccas, 411 m [0°59.1'S, 129°48.8'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cuspidaria gigantea Prashad, 1932. —
  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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine, mesopelagic, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 1030 m

 

General References

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [792] (also on CD)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [232, fig. 687]

Poutiers, J-M. & Bernard, F.R. 1995. Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. pp. 107-188 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes Muso. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 654 [122]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PHOLADOMYIDA	16-Aug-2011	MOVED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		20-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
		14-Jul-2011	MODIFIED