WoRMS taxon details
Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
140577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140577)
accepted
Species
Arca caudata Donovan, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (currently placed in genus...)
currently placed in genus Nuculana
Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Leda complanata Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Leda minuta plana Filatova, 1948 · unaccepted
Leda minuta var. brevirostris Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Leda minuta var. praecursor Arnold, 1903 · unaccepted
Leda minuta var. tumida Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Nucula parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) · alternative representation
Nuculana (Nuculana) ochotensis Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted
Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nuculana minuta angusticauda Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted
Nuculana minuta grandis Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted
Nuculana minuta magna Petrov, 1982 · unaccepted
Nuculana ochotensis Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted
Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Nuculana minuta angusticauda Scarlato, 1981 accepted as Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Subspecies Nuculana minuta grandis Mörch, 1857 accepted as Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Subspecies Nuculana minuta magna Petrov, 1982 accepted as Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
marine
(of Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution Circumboreal
Distribution Northern Gaspe Waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Taxonomy Some authors use Leda Schumacher, 1817 as the valid name for the genus (e.g. Madsen, 1949; Ockelmann, 1958). Vokes (1967)...
Distribution Circumboreal [details]
Distribution Northern Gaspe Waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Distribution Northern Gaspe Waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower North Shore; middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands) [details]
Taxonomy Some authors use Leda Schumacher, 1817 as the valid name for the genus (e.g. Madsen, 1949; Ockelmann, 1958). Vokes (1967)...
Taxonomy Some authors use Leda Schumacher, 1817 as the valid name for the genus (e.g. Madsen, 1949; Ockelmann, 1958). Vokes (1967) noticed that this is a junior synonym of Nucula, a genus from another family. The correct and valid name is without doubt Nuculana Link, 1807. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140577 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Arca caudata Donovan, 1801) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 3, pl. 78 [details]
original description (of Leda complanata Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). New shells from the northwest coast. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 32: 249-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3335351
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Nucula parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833). <i>Nucula</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 14-16, figs 1-24. Catalogue and index, 10 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915751
page(s): 15, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. praecursor Arnold, 1903) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. brevirostris Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Nuculana minuta grandis Mörch, 1857) Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. tumida Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Nuculana) ochotensis Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 181-182, photo 45 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta angusticauda Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 186, photos 73-75 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Arca caudata Donovan, 1801) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 3, pl. 78 [details]
original description (of Leda complanata Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). New shells from the northwest coast. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 32: 249-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3335351
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Nucula parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833). <i>Nucula</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 14-16, figs 1-24. Catalogue and index, 10 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915751
page(s): 15, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. praecursor Arnold, 1903) Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. brevirostris Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Nuculana minuta grandis Mörch, 1857) Mörch, O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Leda minuta var. tumida Møller, 1842) Möller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4: 76-97 [Copenhagen]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Nuculana) ochotensis Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 181-182, photo 45 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta angusticauda Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 186, photos 73-75 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Circumboreal [details]Distribution Northern Gaspe Waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower North Shore; middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands) [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Taxonomy Some authors use Leda Schumacher, 1817 as the valid name for the genus (e.g. Madsen, 1949; Ockelmann, 1958). Vokes (1967) noticed that this is a junior synonym of Nucula, a genus from another family. The correct and valid name is without doubt Nuculana Link, 1807. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | lille svanehalsmusling | [details] |
| Dutch | geribde snavelneut | [details] |
| English | minute nutclambeaked nutclam | [details] |
| German | Kleine SchnabelmuschelGeschnäbelte Nussmuschel | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Arca caudata Donovan, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) (from synonym Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (199 publications) (from synonym Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nuculana minuta)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Malacopics (Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Slet...
To Malacopics (Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda lomaensis Holotype USNM 208872) (from synonym Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919)
To PESI (from synonym Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Leda minuta var. brevirostris Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Arca caudata Donovan, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) (from synonym Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (199 publications) (from synonym Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nuculana minuta)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Malacopics (Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Trondheimsfjorden, Slet...
To Malacopics (Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda lomaensis Holotype USNM 208872) (from synonym Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919)
To PESI (from synonym Leda minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Leda minuta var. brevirostris Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Leda caudata (Lovén, 1846))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Jupiteria minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776)
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
