MSBIAS - Nucula Lamarck, 1799

MSBIAS taxon details

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

Type taxon of

Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824

Parent

Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824

Original name

Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Synonymised names

Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck, 1799 · alternative representation

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Species Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
Species Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931
Species Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930
Species Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Nucula rugulosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Species Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
Species Nucula tumidula Malm, 1861
Species Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 accepted as Ennucula delphinodonta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Species Nucula tenuis (A. W. B. Powell, 1927) accepted as Pronucula tenuis A. W. B. Powell, 1927 (superseded combination)
Subgenus Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck, 1799 represented as Nucula Lamarck, 1799

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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2026-04-12

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2026-04-12

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

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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]

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]