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

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

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protocuspidaria*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	accepted genus name
*Edentaria*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	synonym
*Protocuspidaria (Bidentaria)*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	synonym
*Protocuspidaria (Edentaria)*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	synonym
*Protocuspidaria (Protocuspidaria)*	J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981	synonym

Species group names

*Protocuspidaria (Bidentaria) 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.
additional source	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. Protocuspidaria 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:139464