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

Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nuculana*	Link, 1807	accepted genus name
*Leda*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Nuculana (Nuculana)*	Link, 1807	synonym

Species group names

*Arca pernula*	Müller, 1779	synonym
*Leda pernula*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Leda pernula var. falcula*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Nuculana lamellosa*		synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stor svanehalsmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skaftmussla

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	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
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]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Nuculana pernula (O. F. Müller, 1779). 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:140579