Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanoida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Nuculanidae > Subfamily Nuculaninae

Nuculana Link, 1807

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leda*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Nuculana (Nuculana)*	Link, 1807	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Nuculana (Jupiteria) Bellardi, 1875
Nuculana (Lembulus) Risso, 1826
Nuculana bicuspidata (Gould, 1845)
Nuculana mabillei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1767)
Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)
Nuculana sculpta (Issel, 1869)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): nebbskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: nebbskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: nebbskjell

Norwegian Nynorsk: nebbskjel

Nynorsk (Norwegian): nebbskjel

Literature

original description	Link D.H.F. (1807-1808) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38 [1808] Rostock, Adlers Erben.
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
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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Nuculana Link, 1807. 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:138259