Family NUCULANIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
August 2002 - Peter U. Middelfart, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Ledidae Gray, 1854.
- Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854) [Nuculanidae is in prevailing usage, and is conserved under Art. 40.2 of the ICZN with the priority of Ledidae J. Gray, 1854. Nuculanidae is thus maintained and retains its own author and date (the first date cited), but takes the priority of the replaced name; the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Ledidae Gray, 1854; see Bieler et al. (2010: 60)].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [115]
General References
Allen, J.A. & Hannah, F.J. 1986. A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology 32: 225-249 [230]
Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [115]
Dell, R.K. 1955. A synopsis of the Nuculanidae with check lists of the Australian Tertiary and Recent species. Records of the Dominion Museum 2: 123-134
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [36]
Maxwell, P.A. 1988. Comments on "A reclassification of the Recent genera of the subclass Protobranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia)" by J.A. Allen and F.J. Hannah (1986). Journal of Conchology 33: 85-96 [91]
Ockelmann, K. & Warén, A. 1998. Taxonomy of and biological notes on the bivalve genus Microgloma, with comments on protobranch nomenclature. Ophelia 48(1): 1-24