WoRMS taxon details
Nutricola F. R. Bernard, 1982
492501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492501)
accepted
Genus
Venus tantillus A. A. Gould, 1853 accepted as Nutricola tantilla (A. A. Gould, 1853) (type by original designation)
Psephidia Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Psephis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Psephis Guenée, 1854; Psephidia Dall, 1902, is a replacement name
- Species Nutricola confusa (S. Gray, 1982)
- Species Nutricola cymata (Dall, 1913)
- Species Nutricola humilis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
- Species Nutricola lordi (Baird, 1863)
- Species Nutricola ovalis (Dall, 1902)
- Species Nutricola tantilla (A. A. Gould, 1853)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Bernard F.R. (1982). <i>Nutricola</i> n. gen. for <i>Transenella tantilla</i> (Gould) from the northeastern Pacific (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Venus.</em> 41(2): 146-149., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/41/2/41_KJ00004342957/_article/-char/en [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nutricola F. R. Bernard, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492501 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Bernard F.R. (1982). <i>Nutricola</i> n. gen. for <i>Transenella tantilla</i> (Gould) from the northeastern Pacific (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Venus.</em> 41(2): 146-149., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/venusjjm/41/2/41_KJ00004342957/_article/-char/en [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Psephis P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 640-641 [details]
original description (of Psephidia Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). On the Genus <i>Gemma</i>, Deshayes. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 238-243., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650058
page(s): 243 [details]
[request]original description (of Psephis P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 640-641 [details]
original description (of Psephidia Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). On the Genus <i>Gemma</i>, Deshayes. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 238-243., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31650058
page(s): 243 [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.
page(s): 804-806. [details]
page(s): 804-806. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
