WoRMS taxon details
Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912
197316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197316)
accepted
Species
Nucula (Nucula) falklandica Preston, 1912 · alternative representation
Nucula minuscula Pfeffer, 1886 sensu Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted (misidentification of Nucula...)
misidentification of Nucula minuscula Pfeffer, 1886
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Preston, H.B. (1912). Characters of six new pelecypods and two new gastropods from the Falkland Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (ser. 8) 9: 636-640, pl. 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639393
page(s): 637, pl. 21, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 637, pl. 21, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197316 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Preston, H.B. (1912). Characters of six new pelecypods and two new gastropods from the Falkland Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (ser. 8) 9: 636-640, pl. 21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639393
page(s): 637, pl. 21, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Zettler M.L., Bick A. (2025). Nuculidae (Bivalvia) from King George Island (South Shetland Islands) with the description of a new species of Ennucula. Iberus. 43(1): 83-92.
page(s): 85, fig. 1-10 [details]
page(s): 637, pl. 21, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Zettler M.L., Bick A. (2025). Nuculidae (Bivalvia) from King George Island (South Shetland Islands) with the description of a new species of Ennucula. Iberus. 43(1): 83-92.
page(s): 85, fig. 1-10 [details]
Other
additional source
Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
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. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
