WoRMS taxon details
basis of record
Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
additional source
Morton, B.; Machado, F. M.; Passos, F. D. (2016). The organs of prey capture and digestion in the miniature predatory bivalve Spheniopsis brasiliensis (Anomalodesmata: Cuspidarioidea: Spheniopsidae) expose a novel life-history trait. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 50(27-28): 1725-1748., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1155780 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
status source
Marshall, B. A. (2002). Some Recent Thraciidae, Periplomatidae, Myochamidae, Cuspidariidae and Spheniopsidae (Anomalodesmata) from the New Zealand region and referral of <i>Thracia reinga</i> Crozier, 1966 and <i>Scintillona benthicola</i> Dell, 1956 to <i>Tellimya</i> Brown, 1827 (Montacutidae) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 22 (3): 221-288., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02011.pdf note: Spheniopsidae is transferred from Heterodonta to
Anomalodesmata [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Systematic position uncertain, traditionally placed in order Myoida. Placed by Marshall (2002: 271-284) in the Anomalodesmata on the basis of an internal ligament and a lithodesma, and in the Cuspidarioidea on the basis of commarginal sculpture. [details]
Taxonomy The placement of this family in the Cuspidarioidea by Marshall (2002) was doubted by Steiner et al. (2006) but confirmed by anatomical data in Morton et al. (2016) [details]
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