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WoRMS taxon detailsNucula proxima Say, 1822
156916 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156916)
accepted
Species
Nucula (Nucula) proxima Say, 1822 · alternative representation
Nucula (Nucula) proxima var. trunculus Dall, 1898 · unaccepted
Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971 · unaccepted
Nucula obliqua Say, 1820 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula...)
invalid: junior homonym of Nucula obliqua Lamarck, 1819 Nucula proxima truncula Dall, 1898 · unaccepted
Nucula radiata DeKay, 1843 · unaccepted
marine
Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 270 [details]
Note "the southern coast"
Type locality "the southern coast" [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Florida and Texas; Bermuda
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Florida and Texas; Bermuda [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula proxima Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156916 on 2025-05-08
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411 page(s): 270 [details] original description (of Nucula radiata DeKay, 1843) De Kay, J. E. (1843). Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations. Carroll and Cook, Albany, New York. Part 5, pp. 1-271, plates 1-40., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2022507 page(s): 179 [details] original description (of Nucula proxima ovata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668 page(s): 852 [details] original description (of Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971) Hampson, G.R. (1971). A species pair of the genus <i>Nucula</i> (Bivalvia) from the eastern coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 39(5): 333-342., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065113 [details] original description (of Nucula (Nucula) proxima var. trunculus Dall, 1898) Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240 page(s): 3: 574 [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] Othercontext source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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] additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Winkley, H. W. (1902). New England marine collecting. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(2): 14-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754287 page(s): 15 [details] additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1932). Miocene pelecypods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 8: 7-164, pls. 1-34., available online at https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/00/04/42/00001/UF00000442.pdf page(s): 30-31, pl. 1, figs. 3-5 [details] additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "the southern coast" [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 0.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to Florida and Texas; Bermuda [details] Habitat 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]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (183 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Nucula radiata DeKay, 1843) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (93 publications) (from synonym Nucula obliqua Say, 1820) To Conchology (Nucula proxima) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nucula proxima) To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 16 proteins) To Malacopics (Nucula proxima Say, 1822 Canada, Nova Scotia, Pictou, Caribou Island, low intertida... To Malacopics (Nucula proxima Say, 1822) To NMNH Extant Collection (Nucula annulata Holotype USNM 679047) (from synonym Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971) To NMNH Extant Collection (Nucula proxima Neotype USNM 680751) To NMNH Extant Collection (Nucula proxima ovata Holotype USNM 73467) (from synonym Nucula proxima ovata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nucula proxima ovata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032765) To ITIS |
