African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

AfReMaS taxon details

Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 8.3 mm

AphiaID

236686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236686)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lembulus Risso, 1826

Original name

Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236686 on 2026-09-12

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. Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236686 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-01-23 11:38:51Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-10-09 17:37:21Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-01-08 14:39:49Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2016-03-13 13:55:07Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2017-06-26 21:55:44Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-02-15 08:56:32Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVI. (Arcidae, Pectunculidae, Limopsidae, Nuculidae, Ledidae, Malletidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 92 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47765
page(s): 52, pl. 11 fig. 31-33 [details]

status source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 86-87 [details]