Species Nucula nitida G. B. Sowerby I, 1833(unaccepted, invalid: secondary junior homonym of Arca nitida Brocchi, 1814; Nucula nitidosa is a replacement name)
Species Nucula radiata Hanley, 1849(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula radiata De Kay, 1843; N. hanleyi is a replacement name)
Species Nucula sulcata A. Adams, 1856(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831; Nucula lacunosa Hutton, 1884 is a replacement name)
Species Nucula trigona A. E. Verrill, 1885(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula trigona Bronn, 1849 and of Nucula trigona Seguenza, 1877)
Species Nucula umbonata E. A. Smith, 1891(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula umbonata Seguenza, 1876 and of Nucula umbonata Hall, 1885; Nucula praetenta Iredale, 1924 is a replacement name)
Species Nucula uruguayensis W. B. Marshall, 1928(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Nucula uruguayensis E. A. Smith, 1880; Nucula marshalli Schenck, 1939 is a replacement name)
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. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626 page(s): 87 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2025-07-14
original descriptionLamarck, 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. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626 page(s): 87 [details]
basis of recordGofas, 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf[details]
Taxonomy
redescriptionCoan, 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]