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

Neaera contracta Jeffreys, 1882

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unaccepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuspidaria*	Nardo, 1840	accepted genus name
*Aulacophora*	Jeffreys, 1882	junior homonym
*Neaera*	J. E. Gray, 1833	junior homonym
*Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria)*	Nardo, 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Jeffreys, J. G. (1882). On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part IV). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881 : 922-952, pl. 70-71.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neaera contracta Jeffreys, 1882. 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:407726

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