Cuspidaria elegans

Cuspidaria elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalva
Order:	Pholadomyoida
Family:	Cuspidariidae
Genus:	Cuspidaria
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
	Cuspidaria elegans; (Hinds, 1843)
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 in sand and mud. It is reported in Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Xisha Islands, Beibu Gulf.^[2] Its Chinese common name is 华美杓蛤, which translates as "colorful scoop clam".

References

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

[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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