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Bivalvia Nuculoida Nuculidae 

Pronucula pusilla (Angas, 1877)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pronucula hedleyi auct.
   Nucula minuta Tenison- Woods, 1876
   Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
   Nucula micans Angas, 1878
   Nucula hedleyi Pritchard & Gatliff, 1904
   Pronucula concentrica Cotton, 1930

Common Name

Hedley's Nut Shell p.247      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Bergmans, W. 1978. p.679 [ecology, distribution]  General reference
 Bergmans, W. 1978. p.679 Synonomy
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.7  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Protobranchia
              Nuculoida
                Nuculoidea
                  Nuculidae J.E. Gray, 1824
                    Nuculinae J.E. Gray, 1824
                      Pronucula Hedley, 1902
                        Pronucula pusilla (Angas, 1877)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=18767) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-14.