WoRMS name details
Nucula fragilis Boshoff, 1968
1288548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288548)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Nucula fragilis Deshayes, 1829; Ennucula jaeckeli is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boshoff, P.H. (1968). Description of three new species of Pelecypoda dredged off the coast of Natal, South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 38(1): 95–98.
page(s): 95, pl. 8a [details]
page(s): 95, pl. 8a [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula fragilis Boshoff, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288548 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Boshoff, P.H. (1968). Description of three new species of Pelecypoda dredged off the coast of Natal, South Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 38(1): 95–98.
page(s): 95, pl. 8a [details]
page(s): 95, pl. 8a [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kilburn, R.N. (1999). The Family Nuculidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia) in South Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 245-268., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216610.pdf
page(s): 264 [details]
page(s): 264 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
