WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Nucula nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971

AphiaID

506676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506676)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971

Synonymised names

Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971 · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971) Powell, A. W. B. (1971). New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species: Part 7. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 209–228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60797194
page(s): 227 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nucula nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506676 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2023-10-13 03:45:35Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2026-02-10 17:32:52Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Nucula (Nucula) nitidulaformis A. W. B. Powell, 1971) Powell, A. W. B. (1971). New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species: Part 7. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 209–228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60797194
page(s): 227 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]