Genus Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Museums

Regional Maps

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [85]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

NUCULIDAE: Nucula mitralis Hinds, 1843 — Oliver, P.G. 1984. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Parts 22, 23, 24 & 25. Nuculacea, Nuculanacea, Solemyacea & Nucinellidae. [part 22, p. 1] (records this species from Australia); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (records the species as not occurring in Australia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Bergmans, W. 1969. Description of a new Pronucula (Bivalvia, Nuculidae) from New South Wales and additional notes on some other species of the same genus. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 61-63

Bergmans, W. 1978. Taxonomic revision of Recent Australian Nuculidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia), except Ennucula Iredale, 1931. Records of the Australian Museum 31(17): 673-736 [Date published 31 Dec]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [522]

Kilburn, R.N. 1999. The family Nuculidae (Bivalvia: Prosobranchia) in South Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 40: 245-268

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 [89] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement gives generic rank to Deminucula)

Trueman, R. 1952. Observations on the ligament of Nucula. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29(5): 201-205 [201]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021	PROTOBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1889	18-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
23-Apr-2018	BIVALVIA	28-Jul-2021	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	18-Aug-2021	MODIFIED	ABRS
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MOVED
23-Oct-2014		09-Aug-2010	MOVED
23-Oct-2014		04-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		03-Aug-2010	MODIFIED