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Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)
205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205)
accepted
Family
Nuculana Link, 1807 (type by original designation)
Adranidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ledidae Gray, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Anthracoleda Benedetto, 1980 †
- Genus Calorhadia R. B. Stewart, 1930 †
- Genus Costatoleda Telegdi-Roth, 1914
- Genus Costinuculana Ayoub-Hannaa, Abdelhady & Fürsich, 2017 †
- Genus Ezonuculana Nagao, 1938 †
- Genus Glyptoleda Fletcher, 1945 †
- Genus Jupiteria Bellardi, 1875
- Genus Lamellileda Cotton, 1930
- Genus Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
- Genus Ledellina Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Genus Lembulus Risso, 1826
- Genus Litorhadia R. B. Stewart, 1930 †
- Genus Meganuculana Amano & R. G. Jenkins, 2017 †
- Genus Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Nucundata Waterhouse, 1965 †
- Genus Parayoldiella Filatova, 1971
- Genus Phestia B. I. Chernyshev, 1951 †
- Genus Phestioidea Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Genus Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940
- Genus Poroleda F. W. Hutton, 1893
- Genus Praesaccella L. R. Cox, 1940 †
- Genus Propeleda Iredale, 1924
- Genus Pseudonuculana Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Genus Pseudoportlandia Woodring, 1925 †
- Genus Robaia T. Habe, 1958
- Genus Saccella Woodring, 1925
- Genus Surojupiteria Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
- Genus Veteranella Patte, 1926 †
- Genus Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Comitileda Iredale, 1924 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Costanuculana T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Nuculana (Costanuculana) T. Habe, 1951 represented as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Genus Eptoleda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Exocholeda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Intercalaria Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Parayoldiella (Intercalaria) Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 represented as Parayoldiella Filatova, 1971
- Genus Junonia G. Seguenza, 1877 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (Invalid: junior homonym of Junonia Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Kamaleda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Laeda accepted as Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Leda)
- Genus Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ledaspina Marwick, 1931 † accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Magaleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Monopleura R. A. Philippi, 1887 † accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Matheron, 1842)
- Genus Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Scaeoleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Saccella Woodring, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Scissuladrana Petuch, 1987 accepted as Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (synonym)
- Genus Sinoleda F.-S. Xu, 1984 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tenuileda T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Propeleda (Tenuileda) T. Habe, 1977 represented as Propeleda Iredale, 1924
- Genus Teretileda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Jupiteria Bellardi, 1875
- Genus Thestyleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Zealeda Marwick, 1924 † accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Zygonoleda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a...
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Ledidae Gray, 1854] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205 on 2025-04-30
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original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
original description (of Ledidae Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 411 [details]
original description (of Adranidae 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 (Russian text) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
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]
redescription 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]
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
original description (of Ledidae Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 411 [details]
original description (of Adranidae 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 (Russian text) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
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]
redescription 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]
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Ledidae Gray, 1854] [details]
