WoRMS taxon details
Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
182795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182795)
accepted
Genus
Ledella bushae Warén, 1978 accepted as Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885) (type by subsequent designation)
Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comitileda Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)
Junonia G. Seguenza, 1877 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Junonia Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]
Leda (Junonia) G. Seguenza, 1877 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Leda (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Ledaspina Marwick, 1931 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Magaleda Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nuculana (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Zealeda Marwick, 1924 † · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Ledella aberrata J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1996
- Species Ledella acinula (Dall, 1890)
- Species Ledella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Ledella argentinae J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989
- Species Ledella austrina Beets, 1942 †
- Species Ledella austrocubana Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Species Ledella bernardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
- Species Ledella brachyryncha (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
- Species Ledella brachyrynchoides (Darragh, 1971) †
- Species Ledella clifdenensis A. W. B. Powell, 1935 †
- Species Ledella concentrica (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Ledella confinis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella costulata Zelaya, Güller & Bieler, 2024
- Species Ledella crassicostata (P. A. Maxwell, 1988) †
- Species Ledella curtior (Cotton, 1930)
- Species Ledella despecta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella dicella (Dall, 1908)
- Species Ledella ecaudata (Pelseneer, 1903)
- Species Ledella elfica Viegas, Benaim & Absalão, 2014
- Species Ledella elinguor (Kilburn, 1994)
- Species Ledella escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2023
- Species Ledella fiascona (Dall, 1916)
- Species Ledella finlayi A. W. B. Powell, 1935
- Species Ledella foresti (Métivier, 1982)
- Species Ledella galatheae Knudsen, 1970
- Species Ledella hamata (Marwick, 1924) †
- Species Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
- Species Ledella inflatella (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Ledella inopinata (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella jamesi J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989
- Species Ledella jucatanica Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Species Ledella kermadecensis Knudsen, 1970
- Species Ledella knudseni J. D. Taylor & Wiklund, 2017
- Species Ledella laevigata (Watelet, 1868) †
- Species Ledella legionaria Viegas, Benaim & Absalão, 2014
- Species Ledella leptorhyncha (Tate, 1886) †
- Species Ledella lingulifer (Kilburn, 1994)
- Species Ledella longirostrata P. A. Maxwell, 1969 †
- Species Ledella lusitanensis J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989
- Species Ledella manati Viegas, Benaim & Absalão, 2014
- Species Ledella marisnostri La Perna, 2004
- Species Ledella messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870)
- Species Ledella miliacea (Hedley, 1902)
- Species Ledella mutabilis (Marwick, 1926) †
- Species Ledella nicotrae (G. Seguenza, 1877) †
- Species Ledella orixa (Dall, 1927)
- Species Ledella pakaurangiensis Laws, 1941 †
- Species Ledella pala (Hedley, 1907)
- Species Ledella parva A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
- Species Ledella polita Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Species Ledella praelonga (Tate, 1886) †
- Species Ledella procumbens (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Ledella provecta Beets, 1942 †
- Species Ledella pustulosa (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Species Ledella rhomboidea (May, 1922) †
- Species Ledella robusta F. R. Bernard, 1989
- Species Ledella sandersi Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Species Ledella seminulum (G. Seguenza, 1877) †
- Species Ledella similis J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989
- Species Ledella solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella spocki Viegas, Benaim & Absalão, 2014
- Species Ledella spreta (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Ledella sublevis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
- Species Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella verdiensis J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989
- Species Ledella bipennis (Dall, 1927) accepted as Nuculana bipennis (Dall, 1927)
- Species Ledella bushae Warén, 1978 accepted as Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella crassa Knudsen, 1970 accepted as Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella librata Dell, 1952 accepted as Yoldiella librata (Dell, 1952) (superseded combination)
- Species Ledella orstomi (Cosel, 1995) accepted as Yoldiella orstomi Cosel, 1995
- Species Ledella oxira [sic] accepted as Ledella orixa (Dall, 1927) (misspelling)
- Species Ledella paucicaelata (Nicklès, 1955) accepted as Jupiteria paucicaelata (Nicklès, 1955)
- Species Ledella sandersi J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989 accepted as Ledella verdiensis J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989 (Junior homonym of Ledella sandersi Filatova & Schileyko, 1984)
- Species Ledella spinuliformis F. R. Bernard, 1989 accepted as Ledellina formabile Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Species Ledella stimulea (Marwick, 1931) † accepted as Yoldiella stimulea (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Ledella tamara Gorbunov, 1946 accepted as Yoldiella tamara (Gorbunov, 1946)
- Species Ledella tasmanica (Knudsen, 1970) accepted as Bathyspinula tasmanica (Knudsen, 1970) (superseded combination)
- Species Ledella turnerae F. R. Bernard, 1989 accepted as Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ledella ultraabyssalis Filatova, 1960 accepted as Parayoldiella ultraabyssalis (Filatova, 1971) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 54, 62 [details]
page(s): 54, 62 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182795 on 2024-09-08
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original description
Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 54, 62 [details]
original description (of Zealeda Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). Zealeda and Barytellina, new fossil molluscan genera from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 16: 25-26.
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Ledaspina Marwick, 1931 †) Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177.</em> 18: pls.
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Leda (Junonia) G. Seguenza, 1877) Seguenza G. 1877. Nuculidi terziarie rinvenute nelle provincie meridionali d'Italia. <i>Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Memorie della Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali</i>, (3)274(1): 1163-1200, pl. 1-5., available online at http://emeroteca.braidense.it/ricerche/full_screen.php?img=/export/beic_attacc/00AF/00AF_V00242_18760000_18770000_1877_274_001_000/ART008716.djvu
page(s): 1175 [details]
additional source Allen, J. A.; Hannah, F. J. (1989). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia). The subfamily Ledellinae (Nuculanidae). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology.</em> 55(2): 123-171., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40541165 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1985). Opinion 1306. <i>Ledella bushae</i> Warén, 1978 is the type species of <i>Ledella</i> Verrill & Bush, 1897 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 42 (2):146-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12229049 [details]
page(s): 54, 62 [details]
original description (of Zealeda Marwick, 1924 †) Marwick, J. (1924). Zealeda and Barytellina, new fossil molluscan genera from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 16: 25-26.
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Ledaspina Marwick, 1931 †) Marwick, J. (1931). The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177.</em> 18: pls.
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Leda (Junonia) G. Seguenza, 1877) Seguenza G. 1877. Nuculidi terziarie rinvenute nelle provincie meridionali d'Italia. <i>Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Memorie della Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali</i>, (3)274(1): 1163-1200, pl. 1-5., available online at http://emeroteca.braidense.it/ricerche/full_screen.php?img=/export/beic_attacc/00AF/00AF_V00242_18760000_18770000_1877_274_001_000/ART008716.djvu
page(s): 1175 [details]
additional source Allen, J. A.; Hannah, F. J. (1989). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia). The subfamily Ledellinae (Nuculanidae). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology.</em> 55(2): 123-171., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40541165 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
subsequent type designation ICZN. (1985). Opinion 1306. <i>Ledella bushae</i> Warén, 1978 is the type species of <i>Ledella</i> Verrill & Bush, 1897 (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 42 (2):146-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12229049 [details]
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