WoRMS taxon details
Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)
205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205)
accepted
Family
Nuculana Link, 1807 (type by original designation)
Adranidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ledidae Gray, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Anthracoleda Benedetto, 1980 †
- Genus Calorhadia R. B. Stewart, 1930 †
- Genus Costinuculana Ayoub-Hannaa, Abdelhady & Fürsich, 2017 †
- Genus Glyptoleda Fletcher, 1945 †
- Subfamily Ledellinae J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982
- Genus Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
- Genus Ledellina Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Genus Amphilata Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Comitileda Iredale, 1924 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Magaleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Prashadia Filatova & Schileyko, 1984 accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Zealeda Marwick, 1924 † accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (synonym)
- Genus Litorhadia R. B. Stewart, 1930 †
- Subfamily Nuculaninae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)
- Genus Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Genus Costatoleda Telegdi-Roth, 1914
- Genus Ezonuculana Nagao, 1938 †
- Genus Jupiteria Bellardi, 1875
- Genus Lembulus Risso, 1826
- Genus Meganuculana Amano & R. G. Jenkins, 2017 †
- Genus Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940
- Genus Praesaccella L. R. Cox, 1940 †
- Genus Propeleda Iredale, 1924
- Genus Saccella Woodring, 1925
- Genus Kamaleda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Leda Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Scaeoleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Saccella Woodring, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Sinoleda F.-S. Xu, 1984 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tenuileda T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Propeleda (Tenuileda) T. Habe, 1977 represented as Propeleda Iredale, 1924
- Genus Teretileda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Jupiteria Bellardi, 1875
- Genus Thestyleda Iredale, 1929 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Nucundata Waterhouse, 1965 †
- Subfamily Parayoldiellinae Filatova & Schileyko, 1984
- Genus Phestia B. I. Chernyshev, 1951 †
- Genus Phestioidea Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Subfamily Poroledinae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
- Genus Lamellileda Cotton, 1930
- Genus Poroleda F. W. Hutton, 1893
- Genus Robaia T. Habe, 1958
- Genus Pseudonuculana Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Genus Pseudoportlandia Woodring, 1925 †
- Genus Surojupiteria Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
- Genus Veteranella Patte, 1926 †
- Subfamily Bathyspinulinae Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 accepted as Bathyspinulidae Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Costanuculana T. Habe, 1951 accepted as Nuculana (Costanuculana) T. Habe, 1951 represented as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Genus Eptoleda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Exocholeda Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
- Genus Ledaspina Marwick, 1931 † accepted as Ledella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Monopleura R. A. Philippi, 1887 † accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Matheron, 1842)
- Genus Scissuladrana Petuch, 1987 accepted as Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a...
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Ledidae Gray, 1854] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
original description (of Ledidae Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 411 [details]
original description (of Adranidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia [General evolutionary patterns and the system of the Class Bivalvia]. <em>In Y. I. Starobogatov, ed., Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov [Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Mollusks]. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80:5–38. In Russian. For English translation, see K. J. Boss & M. K. Jacobson, 1985, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Department of Mollusks, Special Occasional Publication.</em> 5:1–67, 9 fig.
page(s): 19, 25 (Russian text) [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
page(s): 2: 660 [details]
original description (of Ledidae Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). A revision of the arrangement of the families of bivalve shells (Conchifera). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 13( 77): 408-418 [1 May 1854]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2346437
page(s): 411 [details]
original description (of Adranidae Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979) Scarlato O.A. & Starobogatov Y.I. (1979). Osnovye cherty evoliutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia [General evolutionary patterns and the system of the Class Bivalvia]. <em>In Y. I. Starobogatov, ed., Morfologiia, Sistematika i Filogeniia Molliuskov [Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Mollusks]. Akademiia Nauuk SSSR, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 80:5–38. In Russian. For English translation, see K. J. Boss & M. K. Jacobson, 1985, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Department of Mollusks, Special Occasional Publication.</em> 5:1–67, 9 fig.
page(s): 19, 25 (Russian text) [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]
Taxonomy
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. [details]
redescription Mikkelsen, P. M. & Bieler, R. (2007). <i>Seashells of Southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves.</i> Princeton: Princeton University Press. 503 pp. [publisher's copyright date given as "2008"]. [details]
redescription Mikkelsen, P. M. & Bieler, R. (2007). <i>Seashells of Southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions. Bivalves.</i> Princeton: Princeton University Press. 503 pp. [publisher's copyright date given as "2008"]. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Ledidae Gray, 1854] [details]
