OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Nuculoida Nuculidae 

Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nucula pulchra (non Hinds, 1843) auct.
   Nucula convexa (non Sowerby, 1833) of Turton, 1932 auct.
   Nucula radiata (non Forbes & Hanley, 1853)of Sowerby, 1889b: 157 auct.
   N. sculpturata (non Sowerby, 1904) of Bartsch 1915: 181 auct.
   ?Nucula tumidula (non Malm, 1860) of Thiele in Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931: 37. auct.
   Arca nucleus Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
     Kilburn, R. N. .  

References

 Allen, J.A. 1954. p.457 General reference
 Barnard, K.H. 1964. p.361 General reference
 Dodge, H. 1952. p.160 General reference
 Gofas, S. & Salas, C. 1996. p.429 General reference
 Kilburn, R. N. .  General reference
 Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.249 (refs), figs 4-6. Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Protobranchia
              Nuculoida
                Nuculoidea
                  Nuculidae J.E. Gray, 1824
                    Nuculinae J.E. Gray, 1824
                      Nucula Lamarck, 1799
                        Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=106207) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-08-16. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-08-16.