WoRMS taxon details
Ledellinae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982
510729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510729)
accepted
Subfamily
Spinulidae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 · unaccepted
Spinulinae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982 · unaccepted
Zealedidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
- Genus Ledellina Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Genus Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Comitileda Iredale, 1924 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Intercalaria Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Parayoldiella (Intercalaria) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 represented as Parayoldiella Filatova, 1971 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Junonia G. Seguenza, 1877 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (Invalid: junior homonym of Junonia Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Magaleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Zealeda Marwick, 1924 † accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Allen, J. A.; Sanders, H. L. (1982). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia). The subfamily Spinulinae (Family Nuculanidae). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard.</em> 150(1): 1-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4314054
page(s): 2 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ledellinae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510729 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Allen, J. A.; Sanders, H. L. (1982). Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia). The subfamily Spinulinae (Family Nuculanidae). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard.</em> 150(1): 1-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4314054
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Zealedidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia [General evolutionary patterns and the system of the Class Bivalvia]. <em>In Y. I. Starobogatov, ed., Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov [Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Mollusks]. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80:5–38. In Russian. For English translation, see K. J. Boss & M. K. Jacobson, 1985, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Department of Mollusks, Special Occasional Publication.</em> 5:1–67, 9 fig.
page(s): 19, 25 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Zealedidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia [General evolutionary patterns and the system of the Class Bivalvia]. <em>In Y. I. Starobogatov, ed., Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov [Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Mollusks]. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80:5–38. In Russian. For English translation, see K. J. Boss & M. K. Jacobson, 1985, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Department of Mollusks, Special Occasional Publication.</em> 5:1–67, 9 fig.
page(s): 19, 25 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
additional source
Valentich-Scott, P.; Coan, E. V.; Zelaya, D. (2020). <i>Bivalve seashells of western South America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Punta Aguja, Peru to Isla Chiloé, Chile</i>. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. vii + 593 pp.
page(s): 64 [details]
page(s): 64 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
