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

Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aulacophora*	Jeffreys, 1882	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Neaera*	J. E. Gray, 1833	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria)*	Nardo, 1840	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Cuspidaria arctica (M. Sars, 1859)
Cuspidaria atlantica J. A. Allen & R. E. Morgan, 1981
Cuspidaria bicarinata (Jeffreys, 1882)
Cuspidaria centobi Bouchet & Warén, 1979
Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Cuspidaria contracta (Jeffreys, 1882)
Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
Cuspidaria elliptica Di Geronimo, 1974
Cuspidaria exigua (Jeffreys, 1876)
Cuspidaria glacialis (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Cuspidaria jeffreysi (Dall, 1881)
Cuspidaria lamellosa (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Cuspidaria maxima Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897
Cuspidaria meteoris Krylova, 2006
Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846)
Cuspidaria parva A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
Cuspidaria semirostrata Locard, 1898
Cuspidaria striolata Locard, 1897
Cuspidaria subtorta (G. O. Sars, 1878)
Cuspidaria undata (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Cuspidaria ventricosa A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Cuspidaria wollastonii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Neaera contracta Jeffreys, 1882

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: snabelskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: snabelskjel

Literature

original description	Nardo G.D. (1840). Sopra un nuovo genere di conchiglie de mare Adriatico. Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto. 10: 49-51.
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	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	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. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840. 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:137858