African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Nuculana Link, 1807

AphiaID

138259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138259)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)

Parent

Nuculaninae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)

Original name

Nuculana Link, 1807

Synonymised names

Leda Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Direct children (17)

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Species Nuculana lanceta (Boshoff, 1968)
Species Nuculana parsimonia (Barnard, 1963)
Species Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Species Nuculana vestita (Locard, 1898)
Subgenus Nuculana (Lembulus) Risso, 1826 accepted as Lembulus Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subgenus Nuculana (Saccella) Woodring, 1925 † accepted as Saccella Woodring, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Nuculana belcheri (Hinds, 1843) accepted as Lembulus belcheri (Hinds, 1843)
Species Nuculana bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845) accepted as Lembulus bicuspidatus (A. A. Gould, 1845)
Species Nuculana commutata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Saccella commutata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nuculana gemmulata G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Lembulus gemmulatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) (original combination)
Species Nuculana gruveli (Nicklès, 1952) accepted as Lembulus gruveli (Nicklès, 1952)
Species Nuculana isikela (Kilburn, 1994) accepted as Jupiteria isikela Kilburn, 1994
Species Nuculana lamellata G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Lembulus lamellatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Species Nuculana lamellosa (Leche, 1883) accepted as Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Species Nuculana mauritiana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) accepted as Saccella mauritiana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Species Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nuculana tuberculata (E. A. Smith, 1872) accepted as Costatoleda tuberculata (E. A. Smith, 1872)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nuculana Link, 1807. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138259 on 2026-08-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Nuculana Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138259 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-09 17:37:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-19 21:24:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-10-27 19:29:48Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2018-12-08 07:55:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-07 09:52:44Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Leda Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute. 294: 1-524.
page(s): 84 [details] Available for editors

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 74-75 [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]