WoRMS taxon details
Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824
204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204)
accepted
Family
Nucula Lamarck, 1799 (type by subsequent designation)
Nuculominae P. A. Maxwell, 1988 · unaccepted
- Genus Acila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Austronucula A. W. B. Powell, 1939
- Genus Brevinucula Thiele, 1934
- Genus Condylonucula D. R. Moore, 1977
- Genus Ennucula Iredale, 1931
- Genus Linucula Marwick, 1931
- Genus Neonucula T. C. Lan & Y.-C. Lee, 2001
- Genus Nucula Lamarck, 1799
- Genus Pronucula Hedley, 1902
- Genus Sinonucula F.-S. Xu, 1985
- Genus Varinucula P. A. Maxwell, 1988
- Genus Deminucula Iredale, 1931 accepted as Nucula Lamarck, 1799 (synonym)
- Genus Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944 accepted as Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck, 1944 accepted as Nucula Lamarck, 1799
- Genus Lionucula Thiele, 1934 accepted as Leionucula Quenstedt, 1930 † (unjustified emendation of Leionucula)
- Subfamily Nuculominae P. A. Maxwell, 1988 accepted as Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824
- Genus Polyodonta Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Nucula Lamarck, 1799 (objective synonym of Nucula)
- Genus Rumptunucula Bergmans, 1978 accepted as Nucula (Rumptunucula) Bergmans, 1978 represented as Nucula Lamarck, 1799
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1824). Shells. in: Parry W.E. (ed.) Supplement to Appendix, <i>Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-1820, contaning an account of the subjects of Natural History</i>. London: John Murray Appendix 10, Zool.: 240-246. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33021735
page(s): Appendix: ccxli [details]
page(s): Appendix: ccxli [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1824). Shells. in: Parry W.E. (ed.) Supplement to Appendix, <i>Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-1820, contaning an account of the subjects of Natural History</i>. London: John Murray Appendix 10, Zool.: 240-246. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33021735
page(s): Appendix: ccxli [details]
original description (of Nuculominae P. A. Maxwell, 1988) Maxwell P. A. (1988). Comments on "Reclassification of the recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)" by J. A. Allen and F. J. Hannah (1986). <i>Journal of Conchology 33</i>: 85-96 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): Appendix: ccxli [details]
original description (of Nuculominae P. A. Maxwell, 1988) Maxwell P. A. (1988). Comments on "Reclassification of the recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)" by J. A. Allen and F. J. Hannah (1986). <i>Journal of Conchology 33</i>: 85-96 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 73 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Mikkelsen, P. M. & Bieler, R. (2007). <i>Seashells of Southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves.</i> Princeton: Princeton University Press. 503 pp. [publisher's copyright date given as "2008"]. [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]
status source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [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]
status source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [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 Bergmans, W. (1978). Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(17): 673-736., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1978.218 [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 [details]
additional source Rhind, P. M.; Allen, J. A. (1992). Studies on the deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Nuculidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Zoology).</em> 58(1): 61-93., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40583585 [details]
additional source Bergmans, W. (1978). Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(17): 673-736., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1978.218 [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 [details]
additional source Rhind, P. M.; Allen, J. A. (1992). Studies on the deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia): the family Nuculidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Zoology).</em> 58(1): 61-93., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40583585 [details]
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