Deep-Sea taxon details
Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys, 1876)
139441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139441)
accepted
Species
Cuspidaria consociata (E. A. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted
Cuspidaria imbricata Locard, 1898 · unaccepted
Cuspidaria munieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 · unaccepted
Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876 · unaccepted (original combination)
Neaera consociata E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted
Neaera imbricata Jeffreys, 1880 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine
(of Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876) Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the <i>Kellia</i>, <i>Cyprina</i> and <i>Corbula</i> families, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 490-499., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295613
page(s): 497-498 [details]
page(s): 497-498 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys, 1876). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139441 on 2026-06-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys, 1876). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139441 on 2026-06-16
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original description
(of Cuspidaria munieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1897). Campagnes scientifiques du Prince de Monaco. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Pélécypodes. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 22: 22-31., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3064599
page(s): 29-30 [details]
original description (of Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876) Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the <i>Kellia</i>, <i>Cyprina</i> and <i>Corbula</i> families, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 490-499., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295613
page(s): 497-498 [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria consociata (E. A. Smith, 1885)) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Neaera consociata E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41, pl. 9, figs 7-7b. [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria imbricata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Neaera imbricata Jeffreys, 1880) Jeffreys, J. G. (1880). The deep-sea Mollusca of the bay of Biscay. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 5(6): 315-319., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170540 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.06 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
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. <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 https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
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]
redescription Absalão, R. S.; Oliveira, C. D. de Castro. (2011). The genus <i>Cuspidaria</i> (Pelecypoda: Septibranchia: Cuspidariidae) from the deep sea of Campos Basin, Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 54(2): 119-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0104 [details]
page(s): 29-30 [details]
original description (of Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876) Jeffreys, J. G. (1876). New and peculiar Mollusca of the <i>Kellia</i>, <i>Cyprina</i> and <i>Corbula</i> families, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 490-499., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295613
page(s): 497-498 [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria consociata (E. A. Smith, 1885)) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41 [details]
original description (of Neaera consociata E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): 41, pl. 9, figs 7-7b. [details]
original description (of Cuspidaria imbricata Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): 187 [details]
original description (of Neaera imbricata Jeffreys, 1880) Jeffreys, J. G. (1880). The deep-sea Mollusca of the bay of Biscay. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 5(6): 315-319., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170540 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.06 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
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. <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 https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
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]
redescription Absalão, R. S.; Oliveira, C. D. de Castro. (2011). The genus <i>Cuspidaria</i> (Pelecypoda: Septibranchia: Cuspidariidae) from the deep sea of Campos Basin, Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 54(2): 119-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0104 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cuspidaria munieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Malacopics (Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys,1876) Cape Verde, SE of Boa Vista, 15°46'N 22°38'W, ...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63961 Neaera circinata Syntype) (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neaera circinata Syntype USNM 63961) (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cuspidaria munieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Malacopics (Cuspidaria circinata (Jeffreys,1876) Cape Verde, SE of Boa Vista, 15°46'N 22°38'W, ...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63961 Neaera circinata Syntype) (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Neaera circinata Syntype USNM 63961) (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cuspidaria munieri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Neaera circinata Jeffreys, 1876)
To ITIS
