Cuspidaria elegans

Cuspidaria elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Superfamily: Cuspidarioidea
Family: Cuspidariidae
Genus: Cuspidaria
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cuspidaria elegans
(Hinds, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Neaera elegans Hinds, 1843
  • Neaera moluccana Adams & Reeve, 1850

Cuspidaria elegans is a species of bivalves in the family Cuspidariidae. It is found at 100–200 m (330–660 ft) in sand and mud. It is reported in Indonesia, the Philippines, the South China Sea (the Xisha Islands), Taiwan and the Beibu Gulf.[2] Its Chinese common name is 华美杓蛤, which translates as "colorful scoop clam".

References

  1. ^ Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Sir Edward Belcher. RB Hinds, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1843
  2. ^ A Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. F.R. Bernard, Ying-Ya Cai and Brian Morton - 1993 (Link to Google Books)
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