WoRMS taxon details
Pronucula Hedley, 1902
607413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:607413)
accepted
Genus
Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902 (type by original designation)
Nucula (Pronucula) Hedley, 1902 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Species Pronucula benguelana A. H. Clarke, 1961
- Species Pronucula bollonsi A. W. B. Powell, 1955
- Species Pronucula covra (Bergmans, 1978)
- Species Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902
- Species Pronucula distincta (W. H. Turton, 1932)
- Species Pronucula kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
- Species Pronucula maoria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Pronucula notobenthalis (Thiele, 1912)
- Species Pronucula surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
- Species Pronucula tenuis A. W. B. Powell, 1927
- Species Pronucula australiensis Thiele, 1930 accepted as Austronucula australiensis (Thiele, 1930) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula cancellata Cotton, 1930 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930)
- Species Pronucula concentrica Cotton, 1930 accepted as Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877
- Species Pronucula decorosa (Hedley, 1902) sensu May, 1915 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) (misapplication)
- Species Pronucula flindersi Cotton, 1930 accepted as Ennucula dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1891)
- Species Pronucula insignis Hayami & Kase, 1993 accepted as Nucula insignis (Hayami & Kase, 1993)
- Species Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula mesembrina Hedley, 1916 accepted as Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916) (superseded combination)
- Species Pronucula saltator Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nucula saltator (Iredale, 1939) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula vincentiana Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 accepted as Nucula vincentiana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
- Species Pronucula voorwindei Bergmans, 1969 accepted as Nucula torresi E. A. Smith, 1885 (junior subjective synonym)
marine
Not documented
Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it...
Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pronucula Hedley, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607413 on 2024-05-21
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Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
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Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]