MolluscaBase taxon details
Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930)
506631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506631)
accepted
Species
Nucula (Nucula) mayi (Iredale, 1930) · alternative representation
Nucula (Pronucula) cancellata (Cotton, 1930) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nucula (Pronucula) mayi Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted
Pronucula cancellata Cotton, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pronucula decorosa (Hedley, 1902) sensu May, 1915 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506631 on 2026-09-18
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original description
(of Pronucula cancellata Cotton, 1930) Cotton, B. C. (1930). Pelecypoda of the "Flindersian" region, Souther Australia. N° 1. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 4(2): 223-240., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41026424 [details]
original description (of Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [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]
original description (of Pronucula mayi Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 384; note: "An excellent figure of a Pronucula, identified as P. decorosa by May, shows many differences, as May himself pointed out, so I propose to name the species P. mayi." [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
