Cuspidariidae is a
family
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of small
marine bivalve
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molluscs
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in the
superfamily Cuspidarioidea
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.
Genera and species
Genera and species in the family Cuspidariidae:
* ''
Austroneaera''
Powell, 1937
** ''
Austroneaera brevirostris''
Powell, 1937
** ''
Austroneaera finlayi''
Powell, 1937
* ''
Cardiomya''
A. Adams, 1864
** ''
Cardiomya alcocki''
(Smith, 1884)
** ''
Cardiomya bruuni''
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, 1956
** ''
Cardiomya cleryana''
(d'Orbigny
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, 1846)
** ''
Cardiomya rectimarginata''
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, 1962
* ''
Cuspidaria''
Nardo, 1840
* ''
Halonympha''
Dall & Smith, 1886
* ''
Myonera''
Dall & Smith, 1886
* ''
Neaera''
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
* ''
Plectodon''
** ''
Plectodon ligulus''
(Yokoyama, 1922)
* ''
Protocuspidaria''
Allen & Morgan, 1981
* ''
Pseudoneaera''
** ''
Pseudoneaera semipellucida''
(Kuroda, 1948)
** ''
Pseudoneaera wellmani''
(Fleming, 1948)
* ''
Rhinoclama''
Dall & Smith, 1886
* ''
Tropidomya''
Dall & Smith, 1886
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Bivalve families