WoRMS taxon details
Pronucula Hedley, 1902
607413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:607413)
accepted
Genus
Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902 (type by original designation)
Nucula (Pronucula) Hedley, 1902 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Species Pronucula benguelana A. H. Clarke, 1961
- Species Pronucula bollonsi A. W. B. Powell, 1955
- Species Pronucula covra (Bergmans, 1978)
- Species Pronucula decorosa Hedley, 1902
- Species Pronucula distincta (W. H. Turton, 1932)
- Species Pronucula kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
- Species Pronucula maoria A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Pronucula notobenthalis (Thiele, 1912)
- Species Pronucula surinamensis (van Regteren Altena, 1968)
- Species Pronucula tenuis A. W. B. Powell, 1927
- Species Pronucula australiensis Thiele, 1930 accepted as Austronucula australiensis (Thiele, 1930) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula cancellata Cotton, 1930 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pronucula concentrica Cotton, 1930 accepted as Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pronucula decorosa (Hedley, 1902) sensu May, 1915 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) (misapplication)
- Species Pronucula flindersi Cotton, 1930 accepted as Ennucula dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1891)
- Species Pronucula insignis Hayami & Kase, 1993 accepted as Nucula insignis (Hayami & Kase, 1993)
- Species Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930 accepted as Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula mesembrina Hedley, 1916 accepted as Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916) (superseded combination)
- Species Pronucula saltator Iredale, 1939 accepted as Nucula saltator (Iredale, 1939) (original combination)
- Species Pronucula vincentiana Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 accepted as Nucula vincentiana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
- Species Pronucula voorwindei Bergmans, 1969 accepted as Nucula torresi E. A. Smith, 1885 (junior subjective synonym)
marine
Hedley, C. (1902). Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. 'Thetis' off the coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898. Mollusca. I. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4: 287-324., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35683624 [details]
Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it...
Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pronucula Hedley, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607413 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hedley, C. (1902). Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. 'Thetis' off the coast of New South Wales in February and March 1898. Mollusca. I. Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Memoirs of the Australian Museum.</em> 4: 287-324., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35683624 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Huber (2015) treated Pronucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
