Cumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850
- Name authority
- A. Adams, 1850
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Cardiida
- Family
- Semelidae
- Genus
- Cumingia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassAutobranchia Grobben, 1894
- infraclassHeteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854
- subterclassEuheterodonta Giribet & Distel, 2003
- superorderImparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet, 2014
- orderCardiida A. Férussac, 1822
- superfamilyTellinoidea Blainville, 1814
- familySemelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)
- genusCumingia G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
- speciesCumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lavignonus petitiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) | synonym |
| Cumingia tenuis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 | synonym |
| Lavignonus antillarum (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) | synonym |
| Lavignon antillarum A. d'Orbigny, 1853 A. d'Orbigny, 1853 | synonym |
| Lavignon petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1853 A. d'Orbigny, 1853 | synonym |
| Cumingia fragilis A. Adams, 1850 A. Adams, 1850 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Adams, A. (1850). Description of new species of the genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (1850) 18: 24–25, pl. 8. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32DZT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.