World Register of Deep-Sea species - Nucula Lamarck, 1799

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Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) Shell from La Goulette, Tunisia (0-1 m), actual size 3.4 mm.

AphiaID

138262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138262)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon of

Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824

Parent

Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824

Orig. name

Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Synonymised names

Deminucula Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)

Nucula (Deminucula) Iredale, 1931 · alternative representation

Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck, 1799 · alternative representation

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Species Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
Species Nucula austrobenthalis Dell, 1990
Species Nucula callicredemna Dall, 1890
Species Nucula carlottensis Dall, 1897
Species Nucula chrysocoma Dall, 1908
Species Nucula crenulata A. Adams, 1856
Species Nucula culebrensis E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Nucula fernandinae Dall, 1927
Species Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
Species Nucula profundorum E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Nucula semen Thiele, 1931
Species Nucula semiornata A. d'Orbigny, 1842
Species Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
Species Nucula tumidula Malm, 1861
Species Nucula zophos A. H. Clarke, 1960
Species Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832 accepted as Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1832) accepted as Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nucula aegeensis Forbes, 1844 accepted as Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844)
Species Nucula aequalitas Barnard, 1964 accepted as Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886)
Species Nucula bushae Dollfus, 1898 accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877)
Species Nucula bushi Dollfus, 1898 accepted as Nucula bushae Dollfus, 1898 accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet (Bush is a woman))
Species Nucula cancellata Jeffreys, 1882 accepted as Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939 (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula cancellata Meek & Hayden, 1856; Nucula (Nucula) atacellana Schenck, 1939 is a replacement name)
Species Nucula cardara Dall, 1916 accepted as Ennucula cardara (Dall, 1916) (original combination)
Species Nucula convexa Jeffreys, 1879 accepted as Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844)
Species Nucula corbuliformis Locard, 1886 accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877)
Species Nucula corbuloides G. Seguenza, 1877 accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877)
Species Nucula cymella Dall, 1886 accepted as Ennucula pernambucensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Nucula decipiens R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Ennucula decipiens (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 accepted as Ennucula delphinodonta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Species Nucula grayi A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Ennucula grayi (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (original combination)
Species Nucula guineensis Thiele, 1931 accepted as Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886)
Species Nucula lenticula Møller, 1842 accepted as Yoldiella lenticula (Møller, 1842)
Species Nucula leptodonta F. R. Bernard, 1983 accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
Species Nucula macandrewi [sic] accepted as Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844) (synonym and misspelling)
Species Nucula mandraei Hanley, 1860 accepted as Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Nucula m'andrewii [sic] accepted as Nucula mandraei Hanley, 1860 accepted as Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Nucula niponica E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Ennucula niponica (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Nucula pernambucensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Ennucula pernambucensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
Species Nucula reticulata Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939 (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula reticulata Hinds, 1843; Nucula cancellata Jeffreys, 1882 and Nucula (Nucula) atacellana Schenck, 1939 are replacement names)
Species Nucula subovata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877) (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula subovata d'Orbigny, 1850)
Species Nucula trigona A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula trigona Bronn, 1849 and of Nucula trigona Seguenza, 1877)
Species Nucula verrillii Dall, 1886 accepted as Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886)
Species Nucula yaquinae Bernard, 1983 accepted as Ennucula cardara (Dall, 1916)
Subgenus Nucula (Deminucula) Iredale, 1931 represented as Nucula Lamarck, 1799
1. Species Nucula (Deminucula) atacellana Schenck, 1939 represented as Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
Subgenus Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck, 1799 represented as Nucula Lamarck, 1799
1. Species Nucula (Nucula) atacellana Schenck, 1939 accepted as Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939 (basionym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2024-04-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-06-18 20:41:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-12-12 21:57:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 87 [details]

original description (of Deminucula Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 202, 231 [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 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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]