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

Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Species group names

*Anatina longirostris*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Mya rostrata*	Spengler, 1793	synonym
*Neaera ardiniana*	Biondi, 1860	synonym
*Neaera attenuata*	Forbes, 1843	synonym
*Neaera renovata*	Tiberi, 1855	synonym

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	Reid G.B. & Reid A.M. (1974). The carnivorous habit of members of the Septibranch genus Cuspidaria (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Sarsia 56: 47-56
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.
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.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793). 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:139453