WoRMS name details

Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842

156914  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156914)

 unaccepted
Species
marine
Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]   
Distribution Labrador to Maryland  
Distribution Labrador to Maryland [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156914 on 2024-03-29
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2005-05-20 11:54:45Z
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2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
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2013-03-13 09:33:54Z
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2014-03-21 11:17:11Z
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original description Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]   

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source 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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions reaches 3 mm in size [details]

Distribution Labrador to Maryland [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
LanguageName 
English dolphintooth nutclam  [details]
French nucule delphinule  [details]