WoRMS taxon details
Lembulus bicuspidatus (A. A. Gould, 1845)
867271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867271)
accepted
Species
Leda bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leda eurabdota Rochebrune, 1883 · unaccepted
Leda plicifera A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nucula largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not d'Orbigny, 1843)
Nuculana (Lembulus) bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nuculana bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells collected by Dr. Charles J. Bates, Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy, on the coast of Liberia. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 37-38., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490721
page(s): 37 [details]
(of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 290-294., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32267559
page(s): 292; pl. 24 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
(of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 290-294., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32267559
page(s): 292; pl. 24 fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Liberian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Liberian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lembulus bicuspidatus (A. A. Gould, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867271 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leda plicifera A. Adams, 1856) Adams, A. (1856). Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (<i>Leda, Nucula</i>, and <i>Pythina</i>) from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 47-53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573
page(s): 50. [details]
original description (of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells collected by Dr. Charles J. Bates, Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy, on the coast of Liberia. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 37-38., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490721
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Nucula largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Centuria quinta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 8(5): 74-80 [July 1851]; 8(6): 81-96 [August 1851]; 8(8): 123-126 [date not stated, 1851]; 9(2): 20-29 [March 1852]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300581
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 290-294., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32267559
page(s): 292; pl. 24 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Leda eurabdota Rochebrune, 1883) Rochebrune, A.-T. de. (1883). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux propres à la Sénégambie. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> (7) /: 177-182., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636711
page(s): 181 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 50. [details]
original description (of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells collected by Dr. Charles J. Bates, Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy, on the coast of Liberia. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 37-38., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490721
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Nucula largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Centuria quinta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 8(5): 74-80 [July 1851]; 8(6): 81-96 [August 1851]; 8(8): 123-126 [date not stated, 1851]; 9(2): 20-29 [March 1852]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300581
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 5: 290-294., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32267559
page(s): 292; pl. 24 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Leda eurabdota Rochebrune, 1883) Rochebrune, A.-T. de. (1883). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux propres à la Sénégambie. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> (7) /: 177-182., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31636711
page(s): 181 [details]
basis of record 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
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): 94-95 [details]
page(s): 94-95 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nuculana bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845))
To Malacopics (Lembulus bicuspidatus (Gould, 1845) Angola, Luanda, Luanda Bay, off Cacuaco, at 20 ...
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845))
To PESI (from synonym Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845)
To Malacopics (Lembulus bicuspidatus (Gould, 1845) Angola, Luanda, Luanda Bay, off Cacuaco, at 20 ...
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana bicuspidata (A. A. Gould, 1845))
To PESI (from synonym Nucula bicuspidata A. A. Gould, 1845)
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