Neaera abbreviata Forbes, 1843 Neaera abbreviata Forbes—Jeffreys 1882 Tropidomya abbreviata ( Forbes, 1843 ) Cuspidaria abbreviata ( Forbes, 1843 ) Cuspidaria ( Tropidomya ) abbreviata ( Forbes, 1843 ) Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy) Negri, Mauro Pietro Corselli, Cesare Zootaxa 2016 4186 1 1 97 59BTV Forbes, 1843 Forbes 1843 [151,616,152,178] Bivalvia Cuspidariidae Tropidomya Animalia Anomalodesmata 47 48 Mollusca species abbreviata    Neaera abbreviata Forbes, 1843(p. 75).    Neaera abbreviataForbes—Jeffreys 1882[a] (p. 943);  Hidalgo1917(p. 493).    Cuspidaria( Tropidomya) abbreviata(Forbes)— Tebble 1966(p. 205, text-fig. 110).     Tropidomya abbreviata( Forbes, 1843)— Nordsieck 1969(p. 173, pl. 24, fig. 98.30); Oliver et al. 2016(online resource).  Cuspidaria abbreviata( Forbes, 1843)— Poppe & Goto1993(p. 139, pl. 26, fig. 7); Repetto et al.2005(p. 355, mid left fig).  Cuspidaria( Tropidomya) abbreviata( Forbes, 1843)— Salas 1996(p. 76, figs. 129–130).  Diagnostic characters. Oval-trigonal shell; rather pointed beaks; short, rounded posterior rostrum; hinge with a very small cardinal tooth in each valve; single thin radial ridge from the beaks to the postero-ventral margin; shallow radial depression posterior to the ridge, corresponding to an internal strong fold. Prodissoconch: shell type ST-2D; length about 130 µm; slightly inequilateral (longer anteriorly), ellipsoidal outline; convex profile; P-1 surface with arcuate wrinkles in the cicatrix area; P-2 almost absent; transition to the nepioconch rather well marked.   Occurrence. Box-corer samples BC71 (3 specimens), BC72 (26); core BC72 (2). Maximum length: 7 mm.   Distribution and habitat. The species is distributed from northern Norwayto Moroccoand the Mediterranean, in the 460–1350 mdepth interval ( Nordsieck 1969; Buhl-Mortensen & Høisaeter 1993; Poppe & Goto1993; Oliver et al.2016).   Fossil record.Pliocene of Sicily( Monterosato 1872). 1324948176 [151,937,289,311] Hidalgo 47 48 1 Hidalgo 1324948171 Goto 47 48 1 Goto 1324948177 [199,804,838,863] Sicily 47 48 1 Sicily