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CaRMS 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

Direct children (8)

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Species Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939
Species Nucula proxima Say, 1822
Species Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, invalid; not Hislop, 1860)
Species Nucula zophos A. H. Clarke, 1960
Species Nucula bellotii A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
Species Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 accepted as Ennucula delphinodonta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
Species Nucula granulosa A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Ennucula granulosa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Nucula minuta Tenison Woods, 1876 accepted as Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nucula minuta Owen, 1844; Nucula hedleyi is a replacement name)

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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2025-05-21

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Nucula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138262 on 2025-05-21

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]

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]