WoRMS taxon details
Cuspidaria optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
406047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406047)
accepted
Species
Cuspidaria agulhasensis Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cuspidaria rara Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 17-18, pl. 7 fig. 16 [details]
page(s): 17-18, pl. 7 fig. 16 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria optima G. B. Sowerby III, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406047 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 17-18, pl. 7 fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria agulhasensis Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 253 [95], pl. 10, fig. 140. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Cuspidaria rara Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 253 [95], pl. 10, fig. 139. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
page(s): 17-18, pl. 7 fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria agulhasensis Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 253 [95], pl. 10, fig. 140. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cuspidaria rara Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 253 [95], pl. 10, fig. 139. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details]
Other
additional source
Barnard, K. H. (1964). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine mollusca. Part V. Lamellibranchiata. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(3): 361-593., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854756
page(s): 580. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 580. [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
