WoRMS taxon details
Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
428694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428694)
accepted
Species
Leda messanensis Jeffreys, 1870 sensu A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ledella bushae Warén, 1978 · unaccepted
Ledella crassa Knudsen, 1970 · unaccepted
Ledella turnerae F. R. Bernard, 1989 · unaccepted
Nuculana ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): Appendix 324, text fig. [details]
page(s): Appendix 324, text fig. [details]
Type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428694 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ledella crassa Knudsen, 1970) Knudsen J. (1970) The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia. <i>Galathea Reports</i> 11 : 1-241, pls 1-20., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193459/http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Galathea_p3.html
page(s): 30-32 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ledella bushae Warén, 1978) Warén A. (1978). The taxonomy of some North Atlantic species referred to <i>Ledella</i> and <i>Yoldiella</i> (Bivalvia). <i>Sarsia 63 (4)</i>: 213-219 [details]
original description (of Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): Appendix 324, text fig. [details]
original description (of Ledella turnerae F. R. Bernard, 1989) Bernard, F. R. (1989). Seven New Species of Palaeotaxodonta (Bivalvia) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 48(2):67-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 30-32 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ledella bushae Warén, 1978) Warén A. (1978). The taxonomy of some North Atlantic species referred to <i>Ledella</i> and <i>Yoldiella</i> (Bivalvia). <i>Sarsia 63 (4)</i>: 213-219 [details]
original description (of Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226
page(s): Appendix 324, text fig. [details]
original description (of Ledella turnerae F. R. Bernard, 1989) Bernard, F. R. (1989). Seven New Species of Palaeotaxodonta (Bivalvia) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 48(2):67-72. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tan, K. S. (2021). Deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia) from the SJADES biodiversity cruise, with a description of a new species of <i>Propeleda</i> (Nuculanidae). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> suppl. 36: 346-385., available online at https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2021-0043
page(s): 363, figs 11C-D; note: as "cf. ultima" [details]
additional source Knudsen J. (1970) The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia. <i>Galathea Reports</i> 11 : 1-241, pls 1-20., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193459/http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Galathea_p3.html
page(s): 34-35 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Tan, K. S. (2021). Deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia) from the SJADES biodiversity cruise, with a description of a new species of <i>Propeleda</i> (Nuculanidae). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> suppl. 36: 346-385., available online at https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2021-0043
page(s): 363, figs 11C-D; note: as "cf. ultima" [details]
additional source Knudsen J. (1970) The systematics and biology of abyssal and hadal Bivalvia. <i>Galathea Reports</i> 11 : 1-241, pls 1-20., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20160808193459/http://www.zmuc.dk/inverweb/galathea/Galathea_p3.html
page(s): 34-35 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ledella crassa Knudsen, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ledella ultima)
To GenBank (116 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Ledella ultima (E.A.Smith,1885) NE Atlantic, off Portugal, 42.597 N 14.54 W, at 526...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 52156 Ledella bushae Holotype) (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ledella crassa Knudsen, 1970)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Leda ultima E. A. Smith, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ledella ultima)
To GenBank (116 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Ledella ultima (E.A.Smith,1885) NE Atlantic, off Portugal, 42.597 N 14.54 W, at 526...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 52156 Ledella bushae Holotype) (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ledella bushae Warén, 1978)
To ITIS
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