| Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793) |
 |
| An amphiatlantic species. Arctic to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, to Liberia and offshore islands, Azores to Mediterranean. Continental shelf and slope. Predator on mobile preys. Original taxon: Mya rostrata. Synonyms: attenuata, longirostris, renovata… 150m deep, off Granada, Andalucia, S. Spain. 8mm. |
 |
| Neaerea renovata in N. Tiberi: Descrizione di alcuni nuovi testacei…, Napoli 1855, via BHL. |
 |
| Mya rostrata in Martini, Chemnitz & al.: Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, 11Bd., Nürnberg 1795, via BHL. « Testa fragilissima, alba, diaphana, membranacea, antice rostrata et hiante, postice tumida et rotundata, intus nitidissima. […] Mya rostrata, testa membranacea, parva, ventricosa, antice rostro cylindrico producto, cardinis dente minuto excavato. » |
 |
| The shell of this species is much smaller than in cuspidata; its valves are less domed, and the rostrum is longer. 70m deep, in muddy sand, Bozcaada island, Çanakkale province, W. Marmara, NW. Turkey. 8,7mm. |
 |
| Beaks orthogyre; prodissoconches very tightly spaced. |
| — back to Cuspidariidae — |