Cuspidaria rostrata Spengler 1793

• Main Authors: Negri, Mauro Pietro, Corselli, Cesare
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Anomalodesmata; Cuspidariidae; Cuspidaria; Cuspidaria rostrata; Arctic; Beck; Salas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6082220; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C587A5FFEAF95BFF3BFB4E6486F83C

Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793) Fig. 10 i–k Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 (p. 42, pl. 2, fig. 16). Neaera rostrata Spengler—Jeffreys 1882 [a] (p. 938); Hidalgo 1917 (p. 494). Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler) Dall—Verrill & Bush 1898 (p. 800, pl. 72, fig. 6). Cuspidaria ( Cuspidaria ) rostrata (Spengler) — Tebble 1966 (p. 204, text-fig. 108b). Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1792) — Nordsieck 1969 (p. 174, pl. 24, fig. 98.62). Cuspidaria rostrata Spengler, 1793 — Barash & Danin 1992 (p. 322, fig. 370). Cuspidaria ( Cuspidaria ) rostrata (Spengler, 1793) — Cossignani et al. 1992 (fig. 406). Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793) — Poppe & Goto 1993 (p. 139, pl. 26, fig. 9); Salas 1996 (p. 74, figs. 113–114); Repetto et al. 2005 (p. 355, top right fig); Beck et al. 2006 (p. 110, mid fig.); Oliver et al ., 2016 (online resource). Diagnostic characters . Elongately oval shell; very long and truncate posterior rostrum; right valve hinge with a low elongate posterior lateral tooth; outer surface with dense, somewhat lamellar commarginal growth markings. shell type ST-2D; length about 180 µm; roundish outline; convex profile; P-1 surface almost smooth; P-2 nearly absent; transition to the nepioconch rather distinct. Occurrence . Box-corer samples BC66 (3 specimens), BC72 (1); cores BC04 (1), BC05 (6), BC51 (1), BC72 (2). Maximum length: about 13 mm. Distribution and habitat . The species occurs in muddy sediment at shelf edge depths in the northern North Sea and arctic waters, and reaches deeper settings southward on both the Atlantic margins and across the Mediterranean, including the Levantine basin (Barash & Danin 1992; Buhl-Mortensen & Høisaeter 1993; Galil 2004; Oliver et al. 2016). Fossil record. Pliocene of Italy; Pleistocene of Sardinia and southern Italy (Monterosato 1872; Di Geronimo & Bellagamba 1985; Di Geronimo & La Perna 1997). Published as part of Negri, Mauro Pietro & Corselli, Cesare, 2016, Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca ...