Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculida > Superfamily Nuculoidea > Family Nuculidae > Genus Nucula

Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nucula*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Nucula (Nucula)*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym

Species group names

*Nucula cancellata*	Jeffreys, 1882	synonym
*Nucula reticulata*	Jeffreys, 1876	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cancellate nutclam

Literature

original description	Schenck G. (1939). Revised nomenclature for some nuculid pelecypods. Journal of Paleontology 13 (1): 21-41, pl. 5-8
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Abbott R. T. (1974) American seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]
additional source	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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140585