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Family: Cuspidariidae (See list of species below)

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126 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Austroneaera brevirostris []	No picture found Austroneaera brooki []	No picture found Austroneaera eastera []
No picture found Austroneaera finlayi []	No picture found Austroneaera raoulensis []	No picture found Austroneaera tangaroa []
No picture found Bathyneaera laticella []	No picture found Cardiomya alcocki []	No picture found Cardiomya alternata []
No picture found Cardiomya balboae [Balboa Cardiomya]	No picture found Cardiomya bruuni []	No picture found Cardiomya californica []
No picture found Cardiomya cleryana []	No picture found Cardiomya costata []	No picture found Cardiomya costellata [Little-ribbed Cardiomya]
No picture found Cardiomya curta []	No picture found Cardiomya fragilissima []	No picture found Cardiomya gouldiana []
No picture found Cardiomya knudseni []	No picture found Cardiomya ornatissima [Ornate Cardiomya]	No picture found Cardiomya pectinata [Pectinate Cardiomya]
Cardiomya perrostrata [Rostrate Cardiomya]	No picture found Cardiomya planetica [Fine-rib Cardiomya]	No picture found Cardiomya recitulata []
No picture found Cardiomya rectimarginata []	No picture found Cardiomya rugata []	No picture found Cardiomya singaporensis []
No picture found Cardiomya sinica []	No picture found Cardiomya striata [Striate Cardiomya]	No picture found Cardiomya striolata []
No picture found Cardiomya surinamensis []	No picture found Cardiomya tosaensis []	No picture found Cuspidaria abbreviata []
No picture found Cuspidaria altenai []	No picture found Cuspidaria apodema []	No picture found Cuspidaria approximata []
No picture found Cuspidaria arctica []	No picture found Cuspidaria arcuata []	No picture found Cuspidaria brachyrhynchus []
No picture found Cuspidaria braziliensis []	No picture found Cuspidaria caduca []	No picture found Cuspidaria canariensis []
No picture found Cuspidaria centobi []	No picture found Cuspidaria chilensis []	No picture found Cuspidaria chinensis []
Cuspidaria concentrica []	No picture found Cuspidaria consociata []	No picture found Cuspidaria convexa []
No picture found Cuspidaria costellata []	No picture found Cuspidaria cuspidata [Common cuspidaria]	No picture found Cuspidaria dautzenbergi []
No picture found Cuspidaria delli []	No picture found Cuspidaria dissociata []	No picture found Cuspidaria dubia []
No picture found Cuspidaria elegans []	No picture found Cuspidaria elliptica []	No picture found Cuspidaria fairchildi []
No picture found Cuspidaria glacialis [Glacial dipperclam]	Cuspidaria infelix []	No picture found Cuspidaria jeffreysi []
No picture found Cuspidaria jugosa []	No picture found Cuspidaria kawamurai []	No picture found Cuspidaria kerguelensis []
No picture found Cuspidaria luymesi []	No picture found Cuspidaria macrohynchus []	No picture found Cuspidaria media [Median dipperclam]
No picture found Cuspidaria meridionalis []	No picture found Cuspidaria microrhina [Little-snout dipperclam]	No picture found Cuspidaria minima []
No picture found Cuspidaria mitis []	No picture found Cuspidaria morelandi []	No picture found Cuspidaria morioria []
No picture found Cuspidaria multicostata []	Cuspidaria obesa [Obese dipperclam]	No picture found Cuspidaria obliqua []
No picture found Cuspidaria parva []	No picture found Cuspidaria patagonica []	No picture found Cuspidaria potti []
No picture found Cuspidaria rostrata [Rostrate dipperclam]	No picture found Cuspidaria smirnovi []	No picture found Cuspidaria steindachneri []
No picture found Cuspidaria subtorta []	No picture found Cuspidaria tenella []	No picture found Cuspidaria teres []
No picture found Cuspidaria trailli [Cusp shell]	No picture found Cuspidaria truncata []	No picture found Cuspidaria tuhua []
No picture found Cuspidaria turgida []	No picture found Cuspidaria willetti []	No picture found Cuspidaria wollastonii []
No picture found Leiomya adunca []	No picture found Leiomya claviculata [Clavicle myoneria]	No picture found Leiomya striatella []
No picture found Myonera angularis []	No picture found Myonera atlantica []	No picture found Myonera caduca []
No picture found Myonera dautzenbergi []	No picture found Myonera demistriata []	No picture found Myonera gigantea []
No picture found Myonera kaiwa []	No picture found Myonera lamellifera [Shingled myonera]	No picture found Myonera limatula []
No picture found Myonera paucistriata []	No picture found Myonera pretiosa []	No picture found Myonera tasmanica []
No picture found Myonera undata []	No picture found Octoporia octaporosa []	No picture found Plectodon granulatus [Grainy plectodon]
No picture found Plectodon lepidus []	No picture found Plectodon pruinosus []	No picture found Plectodon regalis []
No picture found Plectodon scaber [Rough plectodon]	No picture found Protocuspidaria atlantica []	No picture found Protocuspidaria azorica []
No picture found Protocuspidaria colpodes []	No picture found Protocuspidaria jarauara []	No picture found Protocuspidaria simplis []
No picture found Protocuspidaria verityi []	No picture found Pseudogrippina wanganellica []	No picture found Pseudoneaera semipellucida []
No picture found Pseudoneaera wellmani []	No picture found Rhinoclama aupouria []	No picture found Rhinoclama halimera []
No picture found Rhinoclama notabilis []	No picture found Rhinoclama trailli []	No picture found Tropidomya abbreviata []

126 Species of Family Cuspidariidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Austroneaera brevirostris		Southwest Pacific
Austroneaera brooki		Southwest Pacific
Austroneaera eastera		Southeast Pacific
Austroneaera finlayi		Southwest Pacific
Austroneaera raoulensis		Southwest Pacific
Austroneaera tangaroa		Southwest Pacific
Bathyneaera laticella		Western Atlantic.
Cardiomya alcocki		Indo-West Pacific.
Cardiomya alternata		Western Central Atlantic
Cardiomya balboae	Balboa Cardiomya	Eastern Pacific.
Cardiomya bruuni		Southwest Pacific
Cardiomya californica		Eastern Pacific
Cardiomya cleryana		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Cardiomya costata		Southeast Pacific
Cardiomya costellata	Little-ribbed Cardiomya	Mediterranean Sea
Cardiomya curta		Northeast Atlantic
Cardiomya fragilissima		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cardiomya gouldiana		Western Pacific.
Cardiomya knudseni		Northeast Atlantic
Cardiomya ornatissima	Ornate Cardiomya	North America.
Cardiomya pectinata	Pectinate Cardiomya	Northeast Pacific.	4 SHL
Cardiomya perrostrata	Rostrate Cardiomya	North America.	1 DL
Cardiomya planetica	Fine-rib Cardiomya	Eastern Pacific
Cardiomya recitulata		Northwest Pacific
Cardiomya rectimarginata		Southwest Pacific
Cardiomya rugata		Northwest Pacific
Cardiomya singaporensis		Western Pacific.
Cardiomya sinica		Northwest Pacific
Cardiomya striata	Striate Cardiomya	Arctic and Northern Atlan	1.9 DL
Cardiomya striolata		Mediterranean Sea
Cardiomya surinamensis		Western Atlantic.	1.02 DL
Cardiomya tosaensis		Northwest Pacific
Cuspidaria abbreviata		Mediterranean Sea
Cuspidaria altenai		Western Atlantic.	1.24 DL
Cuspidaria apodema		Canada
Cuspidaria approximata		Northwest Pacific
Cuspidaria arctica		Western Central Atlantic,	2 DL
Cuspidaria arcuata		Western Central Atlantic
Cuspidaria brachyrhynchus		Western Indian Ocean
Cuspidaria braziliensis		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Cuspidaria caduca		Indo-West Pacific.
Cuspidaria canariensis		Northeast Atlantic
Cuspidaria centobi		Northeast Atlantic
Cuspidaria chilensis		Southeast Pacific and Wes	1.15 DL
Cuspidaria chinensis		Northwest Pacific
Cuspidaria concentrica		Southwest Atlantic and th	0.54 DL
Cuspidaria consociata		Western Atlantic.
Cuspidaria convexa		Western Pacific.
Cuspidaria costellata		Western Atlantic
Cuspidaria cuspidata	Common cuspidaria	Northeast Atlantic and th
Cuspidaria dautzenbergi		Western Pacific.
Cuspidaria delli		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria dissociata		Western Indian Ocean
Cuspidaria dubia		Western Pacific.
Cuspidaria elegans		Western Pacific.
Cuspidaria elliptica		Mediterranean Sea
Cuspidaria fairchildi		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria glacialis	Glacial dipperclam	Atlantic Ocean, Northern
Cuspidaria infelix		Southeast Pacific and Ant	0.5 SHL
Cuspidaria jeffreysi		Western Atlantic	0.42 DL
Cuspidaria jugosa		Mediterranean Sea.
Cuspidaria kawamurai		Western Pacific.
Cuspidaria kerguelensis		Antarctic.
Cuspidaria luymesi		Western Atlantic.	1.59 DL
Cuspidaria macrohynchus		Indo-West Pacific.
Cuspidaria media	Median dipperclam	East Pacific.
Cuspidaria meridionalis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Cuspidaria microrhina	Little-snout dipperclam	North America.	4 DL
Cuspidaria minima		Antarctica.	0.4 DL
Cuspidaria mitis		Indo-Pacific.
Cuspidaria morelandi		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria morioria		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria multicostata		Antarctica.
Cuspidaria obesa	Obese dipperclam	Mediterranean Sea
Cuspidaria obliqua		Northeast Atlantic
Cuspidaria parva		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL
Cuspidaria patagonica		Southeast Pacific and Wes
Cuspidaria potti		Western Indian Ocean
Cuspidaria rostrata	Rostrate dipperclam	Arctic, Western Atlantic
Cuspidaria smirnovi		Western Atlantic.
Cuspidaria steindachneri		Western Indian Ocean
Cuspidaria subtorta		Arctic and Northern Atlan	0.7 DL
Cuspidaria tenella		Southeast Pacific, Southw	0.5 SHL
Cuspidaria teres		Northeast Atlantic
Cuspidaria trailli	Cusp shell	Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria truncata		Northeast Atlantic
Cuspidaria tuhua		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria turgida		Arctic and Northwest Atla
Cuspidaria willetti		Southwest Pacific
Cuspidaria wollastonii		Atlantic Ocean.
Leiomya adunca		Northwest Pacific
Leiomya claviculata	Clavicle myoneria	North America.	1.2 DL
Leiomya striatella		Western Atlantic.
Myonera angularis		Northeast Atlantic
Myonera atlantica		Northeast Atlantic
Myonera caduca		Western Pacific.
Myonera dautzenbergi		Pacific Ocean.
Myonera demistriata		Western Atlantic.	0.91 DL
Myonera gigantea		Northwest Atlantic.
Myonera kaiwa		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Myonera lamellifera	Shingled myonera	North America.	1.2 DL
Myonera limatula		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Myonera paucistriata		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W	1 DL
Myonera pretiosa		Western Atlantic.
Myonera tasmanica		Southwest Pacific
Myonera undata		Northwest Atlantic.
Octoporia octaporosa		Western Atlantic.	0.53 DL
Plectodon granulatus	Grainy plectodon	North America.	1.2 DL
Plectodon lepidus		Southwest Pacific
Plectodon pruinosus		Southwest Pacific
Plectodon regalis		Southwest Pacific
Plectodon scaber	Rough plectodon	Eastern Pacific.
Protocuspidaria atlantica		Atlantic Ocean.	0.74 DL
Protocuspidaria azorica		Northeast Atlantic
Protocuspidaria colpodes		Northeast Atlantic
Protocuspidaria jarauara		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Protocuspidaria simplis		Northeast Atlantic
Protocuspidaria verityi		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL
Pseudogrippina wanganellica		Southwest Pacific
Pseudoneaera semipellucida		Northwest Pacific
Pseudoneaera wellmani		Southwest Pacific
Rhinoclama aupouria		Southwest Pacific
Rhinoclama halimera		Northeast Atlantic
Rhinoclama notabilis		Northeast Atlantic	0.6 DL
Rhinoclama trailli		Southwest Pacific
Tropidomya abbreviata		Northeast Atlantic and th

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