MolluscaBase taxon details
Nuculana leonina (Dall, 1896)
506355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506355)
accepted
Species
Leda amiata Dall, 1916 · unaccepted
Leda leonina Dall, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leda liogona Dall, 1916 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Nuculana) aikawai Habe, 1958 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina (Dall, 1896) · alternative representation
Nuculana (Thestyleda) aikawai Habe, 1958 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Thestyleda) sagamiensis Okutani, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nuculana aikawai Habe, 1958 · unaccepted
Nuculana amiata (Dall, 1916) · unaccepted
Nuculana sagamiensis Okutani, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leda leonina Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). New species of <i>Leda</i> from the Pacific Coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(1): 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1819003
page(s): 2 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Coast of the United States
type locality contained in Pacific Coast of the United States [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nuculana leonina (Dall, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506355 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Leda leonina Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). New species of <i>Leda</i> from the Pacific Coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(1): 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1819003
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Leda liogona Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 396 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Thestyleda) aikawai Habe, 1958) Habe, T. (1958). Report on the Mollusca chiefly collected by the S. S. Soyo-Maru of the Imperial Fisheries Experimental Station on the continental shelf bordering Japan during the years 1922-1930. Part 3. Lamellibranchia (1). <i>Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Publications [Kyoto University]</i>. 6(3)241-280, pls. 11-13.
page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nuculana (Thestyleda) sagamiensis Okutani, 1962) Okutani, T. (1962). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal lamellibranchiate Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. "Soyo-Maru" during the years 1955-1960. <em>Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory.</em> 32: 1-40, pls 1-5.
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Leda liogona Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 396 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Thestyleda) aikawai Habe, 1958) Habe, T. (1958). Report on the Mollusca chiefly collected by the S. S. Soyo-Maru of the Imperial Fisheries Experimental Station on the continental shelf bordering Japan during the years 1922-1930. Part 3. Lamellibranchia (1). <i>Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Publications [Kyoto University]</i>. 6(3)241-280, pls. 11-13.
page(s): 246 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Nuculana (Thestyleda) sagamiensis Okutani, 1962) Okutani, T. (1962). Report on the archibenthal and abyssal lamellibranchiate Mollusca mainly collected from Sagami Bay and adjacent waters by the R.V. "Soyo-Maru" during the years 1955-1960. <em>Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory.</em> 32: 1-40, pls 1-5.
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
basis of record 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]




To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Leda leonina. Dall, 1896. Nautilus 10 (1): 2 - catalog no. 68138) (from synonym Leda leonina Dall, 1896)
To Malacopics (Nuculana leonina (Dall,1896) United States, California, Monterey)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 209252 Leda amiata Holotype) (from synonym Leda amiata Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda amiata Holotype USNM 209252) (from synonym Leda amiata Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda leonina Syntype USNM 107425) (from synonym Leda leonina Dall, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda liogona Syntype USNM 214089) (from synonym Leda liogona Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Nuculana leonina (Dall,1896) United States, California, Monterey)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 209252 Leda amiata Holotype) (from synonym Leda amiata Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda amiata Holotype USNM 209252) (from synonym Leda amiata Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda leonina Syntype USNM 107425) (from synonym Leda leonina Dall, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda liogona Syntype USNM 214089) (from synonym Leda liogona Dall, 1916)
To ITIS