World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Nuculana Link, 1807

AphiaID

138259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138259)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)

Parent

Nuculaninae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)

Original name

Nuculana Link, 1807

Synonymised names

Leda Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Direct children (29)

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Species Nuculana bipennis (Dall, 1927)
Species Nuculana callimene (Dall, 1908)
Species Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
Species Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Nuculana inaequisculpta (E. Lamy, 1906)
Species Nuculana lanceta (Boshoff, 1968)
Species Nuculana louiseae A. H. Clarke, 1961
Species Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Nuculana parsimonia (Barnard, 1963)
Species Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Species Nuculana ramsayi (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Nuculana solida (Dall, 1881)
Species Nuculana vestita (Locard, 1898)
Subgenus Nuculana (Ledella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Nuculana (Ledella) pusio (R. A. Philippi, 1844) sensu Laghi, 1986 accepted as Ledella messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870) (unaccepted > misapplication, misidentification)
Species Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832) accepted as Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nuculana bellotii (A. Adams, 1856) accepted as Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)
Species Nuculana carpenteri (Dall, 1881) accepted as Propeleda carpenteri (Dall, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nuculana conceptionis (Dall, 1896) accepted as Propeleda conceptionis (Dall, 1896)
Species Nuculana grasslei J. A. Allen, 1993 accepted as Tindariopsis grasslei (J. A. Allen, 1993) (original combination)
Species Nuculana jamaicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1832)
Species Nuculana lamellosa (Leche, 1883) accepted as Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Species Nuculana larranagai Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969 accepted as Saccella larranagai (Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969)
Species Nuculana messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870) accepted as Yoldiella messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870) accepted as Ledella messanensis (Jeffreys, 1870)
Species Nuculana pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Katadesmia pallida (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890) accepted as Propeleda platessa (Dall, 1890)
Species Nuculana pusio (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Neilonella pusio (R. A. Philippi, 1844) † accepted as Pseudoneilonella pusio (R. A. Philippi, 1844) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Nuculana semen (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Ledella parva A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
Species Nuculana solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Ledella solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Nuculana Link, 1807. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138259 on 2026-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nuculana Link, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138259 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-10-09 17:37:21Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-06-19 21:24:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-10-27 19:29:48Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2018-12-08 07:55:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-02-07 09:52:44Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben, Rostock; 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Leda Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Nevesskaja, L. A.; Popov, S. V.; Goncharova, I. A.; Guzhov, A. V.; Yanin, B. T.; Polubotko, I. V.; Biakov, A. S.; Gavrilova, V. A. (2013). Phanerozoic Bivalvia of Russia and surrounding countries [Двустворчатые моллюски России и сопредельных стран в фанерозое]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk / Transactions of the Paleontological Institute. 294: 1-524.
page(s): 84 [details] Available for editors

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 74-75 [details]

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. [details]