WoRMS taxon details
Ennucula Iredale, 1931
138261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138261)
accepted
Genus
Nucula obliqua Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Ennucula obliqua (Lamarck, 1819) (type by original designation)
Nucula (Ennucula) Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted
- Species Ennucula aegeensis (Forbes, 1844)
- Species Ennucula agujana (Dall, 1908)
- Species Ennucula ardleyana Zettler & Bick, 2025
- Species Ennucula astricta Iredale, 1931
- Species Ennucula bathybia (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Ennucula beachportensis (Verco, 1907)
- Species Ennucula bengalensis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
- Species Ennucula brevitergum (Chapman & Singleton, 1927) †
- Species Ennucula cardara (Dall, 1916)
- Species Ennucula colombiana (Dall, 1908)
- Species Ennucula convexa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Species Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877)
- Species Ennucula corticata (Møller, 1842)
- Species Ennucula cumingii (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Ennucula dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900)
- Species Ennucula dautzenbergi (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Ennucula decipiens (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Ennucula definita Iredale, 1939
- Species Ennucula delphinodonta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
- Species Ennucula dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1891)
- Species Ennucula elongata (Rhind & J. A. Allen, 1992)
- Species Ennucula eltanini Dell, 1990
- Species Ennucula faba (F.-S. Xu, 1999) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Nucula faba Münster, 1841)
- Species Ennucula georgiana Dell, 1964
- Species Ennucula grangei (Marwick, 1926) †
- Species Ennucula granulosa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Ennucula grayi (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Ennucula gricei (Singleton, 1941) †
- Species Ennucula interflucta (Marincovich, 1973)
- Species Ennucula ipepa Simone, 2024
- Species Ennucula jaeckeli M. Huber, 2010
- Species Ennucula kalimnae (Singleton, 1932) †
- Species Ennucula layardii (A. Adams, 1856)
- Species Ennucula linki (Dall, 1916)
- Species Ennucula minor (G. Seguenza, 1877) †
- Species Ennucula mirifica (Dall, 1907)
- Species Ennucula niponica (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ennucula nogalis (R. A. Philippi, 1899) †
- Species Ennucula obliqua (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ennucula oliva Kilburn, 1999
- Species Ennucula orekta Iredale, 1939
- Species Ennucula otamaringaensis (Marwick, 1926) †
- Species Ennucula pachydonta (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Ennucula panamina (Dall, 1908)
- Species Ennucula perforata (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1992)
- Species Ennucula pernambucensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Ennucula privigna Iredale, 1939
- Species Ennucula puelcha (A. d'Orbigny, 1844)
- Species Ennucula romboides (Scarlato, 1981)
- Species Ennucula sansibarensis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Ennucula siberutensis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Ennucula similis (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1992)
- Species Ennucula strangei (A. Adams, 1856)
- Species Ennucula strangeiformis (Dell, 1956)
- Species Ennucula superba (Hedley, 1902)
- Species Ennucula taeniolata (Dall, 1908)
- Species Ennucula tenisoni (Pritchard, 1896) †
- Species Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Ennucula venusta (N. H. Woods, 1931) †
- Species Ennucula waikouraensis (Marwick, 1931) †
- Species Ennucula whatu P. A. Maxwell, 1992 †
- Subgenus Ennucula (Lissanucula) Woodring, 1973 † accepted as Lissanucula Woodring, 1973 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Ennucula bellotii (A. Adams, 1856) accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Ennucula bushae (Dollfus, 1898) accepted as Ennucula corbuloides (G. Seguenza, 1877)
- Species Ennucula compar Iredale, 1939 accepted as Ennucula superba (Hedley, 1902)
- Species Ennucula diaphana (Prashad, 1932) accepted as Ennucula similis (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1992)
- Species Ennucula duritas Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ennucula obliqua (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Ennucula fragilis (Thiele, 1931) accepted as Ennucula jaeckeli M. Huber, 2010 (junior homonym of Nucula fragilis Deshayes, 1829; Ennucula jaeckeli is a replacement name)
- Species Ennucula frigida Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006 † accepted as Leionucula frigida (Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006) †
- Species Ennucula inflata (Hancock, 1846) accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
- Species Ennucula mareana (Weisbord, 1964) accepted as Ennucula dalmasi (Dautzenberg, 1900)
- Species Ennucula musculosa Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006 † accepted as Leionucula musculosa (Anelli, Rocha-Campus, dos Santos, Perinotto & Quaglio, 2006) †
- Species Ennucula palaioanaxea (Stilwell, 1993) † accepted as Leionucula palaioanaxea Stilwell, 1993 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ennucula teramachii Habe, 1958 accepted as Ennucula siberutensis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Ennucula uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1880) accepted as Ennucula puelcha (A. d'Orbigny, 1844)
- Species Ennucula chinenensis H. Noda, 1980 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 202, 231 [details]
page(s): 202, 231 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138261 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf
page(s): 202, 231 [details]
page(s): 202, 231 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Beu, A. G. (2006). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent bivalves. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 36(4): 151-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2006.9517808
page(s): 159 [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]
page(s): 159 [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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1999). The Family Nuculidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia) in South Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 245-268., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216610.pdf
page(s): 264 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1999). The Family Nuculidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia) in South Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 245-268., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216610.pdf
page(s): 264 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
