CaRMS 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]
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 5 [details]
Distribution Labrador to Maryland
Distribution Labrador to Maryland [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156914 on 2025-05-18
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156914 on 2025-05-18
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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]
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]




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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]