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

Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ennucula*	Iredale, 1931	accepted genus name
*Nuculoma*	Cossmann, 1907	synonym

Species group names

*Arca tenuis*	Montagu, 1808	basionym
*Nucula subovata*	Verrill & Bush, 1898	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Arca tenuis*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Ennucula bellotii*	(A. Adams, 1856)	synonym
*Leionucula bellotii*	(A. Adams, 1856)	synonym
*Nucula bellotii*	A. Adams, 1856	synonym
*Nucula subovata*	Verrill & Bush, 1898	synonym; nom. inval.
*Nucula tenuis*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym
*Nucula tenuis var. lucida*	Whiteaves, 1887	synonym
*Nuculoma tenuis*	(Montagu, 1808)	synonym

Literature

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	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
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.
additional source	Kamenev G.M. (2013) Species composition and distribution of bivalves in bathyal and abyssal depths of the Sea of Japan. Deep-Sea Research II 86-87: 124-139. [Published online 2 August 2012]
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Ennucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808). 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:140584