WoRMS name details
Nucula (Nucula) mayi (Iredale, 1930)
866163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:866163)
alternative representation
Species
Nucula (Nucula) Lamarck, 1799 represented as Nucula Lamarck, 1799
marine
(of Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nucula (Nucula) mayi (Iredale, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866163 on 2026-03-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
