Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Nuculanidae > Subfamily Ledellinae > Genus Ledella

Ledella pustulosa (Jeffreys, 1876)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ledella*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	accepted genus name
*Leda (Ledella)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Leda pustulosa*	Jeffreys, 1876	synonym
*Yoldiella pustulosa*	(Jeffreys, 1876)	synonym

Children

Ledella pustulosa marshalli J. A. Allen & F. J. Hannah, 1989

Literature

basis of record	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	Fuiman L.A., Gage J.D. & Lamont P.A. (1999). Shell morphometry of the deep sea protobranch bivalve Ledella pustulosa in the Rockall Trough, north-east Atlantic. Journal of tha Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79 (4): 661-671

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ledella pustulosa (Jeffreys, 1876). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182796