A NEW SPECIES OF CUSPIDARIA (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA: ANOMALODESMATA) FROM THE MAURITANIAN DEEP CONTINENTAL MARGIN (NORTH-EASTERN ATLANTIC)

Cuspidaria voncoseli new species, is described from Northern Mauritanian deep waters at a depth of 1588-1618m in soft bottoms. This new species is characterized by a white smooth shell with a globose disc well-separated from the rostrum, two pairs of lateral septal muscles and frilled tentacles. In addition, we describe a tentative new species but because of the lack of material have not named it.