Species Cuspidaria tenella Smith, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cuspidaria tenella Smith, E.A. 1907. Mollusca. V. — Lamellibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Natural History 2: 7 pp. [1, pl.2, figs 14, 14a].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1905.9.25.11 3 fragments glued together (National Antarctic Exp. 1901-1904), Off Coulman Island, Ross Sea, 183 m, 13 Jan 1902.

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [67].
• Cuspidaria plicata Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183-285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13. [233, pl.18, fig. 30].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB Moll 63.121 (German South Polar Exp. 1901-1903), Gauss Station, Davis Sea, 385 m [66°02'09"S, 89°38'05"E].

  Type locality references:

  Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [66, pl. 14 fig. 6].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum Antarctica, Maritime Antarctic, Peri-Antarctic; Sub Antarctic Islands, off Tierra del Fuego

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [69, fig.105]

Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [67, pl. 14 fig. 7]

Harper, E.M., Dreyer, H. & Steiner, G. 2006. Reconstructing the Anomalodesmata (Mollusca: Bivalvia): morphology and molecules. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148(3): 395-420 (included in analysis)

Huber, M. 2010. Cuspidaria tenella E.A. Smith, 1907. De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). 2011-08-02. http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197124

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. (on CD)

 

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)
		02-Aug-2011	ADDED