Species Nuculana (Nuculana) fulgida (A. Adams, 1856)
Compiler and date details
December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Leda fulgida Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina), from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856(xxiv): 47-53 [50, sp. 16].
- Leda narthecia Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [696, pl. lxxiii, figs 12-14].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM C.15148, soft mud, Gulf of Carpentaria, ca.2 miles off Horsey River mouth, ca 40 miles north of Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia [14°34‘58.8‘S, 141°30‘0‘E]; AM C.15147, soft mud, Gulf of Carpentaria, ca.2 miles off Horsey River mouth, ca 40 miles north of Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia [14°34‘58.8‘S, 141°30‘0‘E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Nuculana (Nuculana) fulgida (A. Adams, 1856). —
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. [531]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
New Guinea
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [241] (as Yoldia narthecia)
Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [42, fig. 47] (as Yoldia narthecia)
History of changes
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| 17-Aug-2012 | ADDED |