MolluscaBase taxon details
Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)
236686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236686)
accepted
Species
Arca interrupta Poli, 1795 · unaccepted
Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Leda (Lembulus) emarginata (Lamarck, 1819) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leda (Lembulus) pella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leda (Lembulus) pella var. magna Bajarunas, 1910 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leda (Lembulus) pella var. tarchanica Merklin, 1950 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leda pella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leda pella var. magna Bajarunas, 1910 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leda pelliformis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Lembulus emarginata (Lamarck, 1819) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lembulus emarginatus (Lamarck, 1819) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lembulus pella magnus (Bajarunas, 1910) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lembulus pellus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lembulus rossianus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted
Nucula bicarinata Borson, 1823 · unaccepted
Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 † · unaccepted
Nucula fabula G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Lembulus) pella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nuculana fabula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) · unaccepted
Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Lembulus pella magnus (Bajarunas, 1910) † accepted as Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236686 on 2026-04-20
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original description
(of Arca interrupta Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 136-137, pl. 25 fig. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Leda pelliformis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 486 [details]
original description (of Lembulus rossianus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Nucula fabula 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. 13 [details]
original description (of Leda pella var. magna Bajarunas, 1910 †) Bajarunas, M. V. (1910). Fauna Stavropoljskikh miotzenovykh peskov. <em>Zapiski Kievskogo Obschestva Estestvoispytatelei.</em> 21(239): 239-268.
page(s): 243, pl. I, fig. 33 [details]
original description (of Leda (Lembulus) pella var. tarchanica Merklin, 1950 †) Merklin, R. L. (1950). Lamellibranchiata from the Spirialis clays, their environments and mode of life. Transactions of the Paleontological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 28: 1-96., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/merklin1950_plastinchatozhabernye_spirialisovykh_glin.djvu
page(s): 58, pl. I, fig. 17 [details]
new combination reference Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVI. (Arcidae, Pectunculidae, Limopsidae, Nuculidae, Ledidae, Malletidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 92 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47765
page(s): 52, pl. 11 fig. 31-33 [details]
status source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 86-87 [details]
page(s): 136-137, pl. 25 fig. 4-5 [details]
original description (of Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 693 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Leda pelliformis Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 486 [details]
original description (of Lembulus rossianus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Nucula fabula 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. 13 [details]
original description (of Leda pella var. magna Bajarunas, 1910 †) Bajarunas, M. V. (1910). Fauna Stavropoljskikh miotzenovykh peskov. <em>Zapiski Kievskogo Obschestva Estestvoispytatelei.</em> 21(239): 239-268.
page(s): 243, pl. I, fig. 33 [details]
original description (of Leda (Lembulus) pella var. tarchanica Merklin, 1950 †) Merklin, R. L. (1950). Lamellibranchiata from the Spirialis clays, their environments and mode of life. Transactions of the Paleontological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 28: 1-96., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/merklin1950_plastinchatozhabernye_spirialisovykh_glin.djvu
page(s): 58, pl. I, fig. 17 [details]
new combination reference Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVI. (Arcidae, Pectunculidae, Limopsidae, Nuculidae, Ledidae, Malletidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 92 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47765
page(s): 52, pl. 11 fig. 31-33 [details]
status source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746]. [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 86-87 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling There is no direct clue to the meaning of the specific name but it was capitalized in the three instances where Linnaeus used it, including Trochilus Pella (p. 189), so definitely must be treated as invariable [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Arca interrupta Poli, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lembulus pella)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Belgium, Limburg, Beeringen, at 154-159 m depth)
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Italy, Piemonte, Asti, Valle Andona, ex coll. A.J. D...
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi Mahre...
To PESI (from synonym Arca interrupta Poli, 1795)
To PESI (from synonym Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Leda pelliformis Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Lembulus rossianus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †)
To PESI (from synonym Nucula bicarinata Borson, 1823)
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana fabula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Arca interrupta Poli, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lembulus pella)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Belgium, Limburg, Beeringen, at 154-159 m depth)
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Italy, Piemonte, Asti, Valle Andona, ex coll. A.J. D...
To Malacopics (Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi Mahre...
To PESI (from synonym Arca interrupta Poli, 1795)
To PESI (from synonym Arca pella Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Leda pelliformis Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Lembulus rossianus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana pella (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Nucula emarginata Lamarck, 1819 †)
To PESI (from synonym Nucula bicarinata Borson, 1823)
To PESI (from synonym Nuculana fabula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833))
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