WoRMS name details
Nucula nitida G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
152986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152986)
unaccepted (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Arca nitida Brocchi, 1814; Nucula nitidosa is a replacement name)
Species
- Variety Nucula nitida var. radiata J. T. Marshall, 1893 accepted as Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930 (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula radiata De Kay, 1843; Nucula moorei is a replacement name)
- Variety Nucula nitida var. turgida J. T. Marshall, 1875 accepted as Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Nucula turgida Gould, 1846)
- Variety Nucula nitida var. ventrosa Jeffreys, 1879 accepted as Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
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): 16, fig. 20; catalogue, p. 5 [details]
page(s): 16, fig. 20; catalogue, p. 5 [details]
Note Great Britain
Type locality Great Britain [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula nitida G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152986 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 16, fig. 20; catalogue, p. 5 [details]
page(s): 16, fig. 20; catalogue, p. 5 [details]
Other
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Great Britain [details]
