Cuspidaria (bivalve) explained

Cuspidaria is a genus of bivalves in the family Cuspidariidae.

Species

• Cuspidaria abbreviata (Forbes, 1843)
• Cuspidaria alternata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Cuspidaria apodema Dall, 1916
• Cuspidaria arctica (Sars, 1878)
• Cuspidaria arcuata Dall, 1881
• Cuspidaria atlantica
• Cuspidaria aupouria Dell, 1950
• Cuspidaria chilensis Dall, 1890
• Cuspidaria circinata Jeffreys, 1876
• Cuspidaria costellata (Deshayes, 1833)
• Cuspidaria cuspidata (Olivi, 1792)
• Cuspidaria elegans (Hinds, 1843)
• Cuspidaria exigua (Jeffreys, 1876)
• Cuspidaria fairchildi Suter, 1908
• Cuspidaria filatovae
• Cuspidaria formosa Verrill and Bush, 1893
• Cuspidaria fraterna Verrill and Bush, 1893
• Cuspidaria gigantea Verrill, 1884
• Cuspidaria glacialis (G. O. Sars, 1878)
• Cuspidaria jeffreysi (Dall, 1881)
• Cuspidaria jugosa (S. V. Wood, 1856)
• Cuspidaria kawamurai Kuroda, 1948
• Cuspidaria kyushuensis Okutani, 1962
• Cuspidaria media A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1898
• Cuspidaria microrhina Dall, 1886
• Cuspidaria morelandi Dell, 1956
• Cuspidaria morioria Dell, 1956
• Cuspidaria nobilis (Adams, 1864)
• Cuspidaria obesa (Loven, 1846)
• Cuspidaria parapodema Bernard, 1969
• Cuspidaria parkeri
• Cuspidaria parva
• Cuspidaria pellucida Stimpson, 1853
• Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
• Cuspidaria subglacialis Dall, 1913
• Cuspidaria subtorta (Sars, 1878)
• Cuspidaria subtorte (Sars, 1878)
• Cuspidaria sulcifera (Jeffreys, 1882)
• Cuspidaria tomricei Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
• Cuspidaria trailli (Hutton, 1873)
• Cuspidaria tuhua Dell, 1962
• Cuspidaria turgida Verrill and Bush, 1898
• Cuspidaria undata Verrill, 1884
• Cuspidaria variola
• Cuspidaria ventricosa Verrill and Bush, 1898
• Cuspidaria vicdani Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
• Cuspidaria willetti Fleming, 1948
• Cuspidaria wollastoni E. A. Smith, 1885

Fossil species

• Cuspidaria inflata (Jeffreys, 1876) and Cuspidaria lamellosa Sars, 1878 from the London Clay, a marine geological formation of Ypresian (Lower Eocene Epoch, c. 56–49 Ma)
• Cuspidaria textorama Garvie 2013, from the Eocene of the Reklaw Formation in the United States^[1]

Notes and References

1. Additions to the molluscan macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation (Eocene: Lower Claibornian) and two new taxa from the Middle Claibornian in Texas. Christopher L. Garvie, Bulletins of American Paleontology, 2013, volume 385, pages 131–161