WoRMS name details
Nucula expansa Reeve, 1855
541829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:541829)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula expansa Bronn, 1848)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Reeve, L. A. (1855). Account of the shells collected by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., North of Beechey Island, pp. 392–399, pls. 32–33, In: E. Belcher, <i>The last of the Arctic voyages: being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852–53–54: with notes on the natural history.</i> Lovell Reeve, London. 2 volumes. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1360228 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula expansa Reeve, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541829 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1855). Account of the shells collected by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., North of Beechey Island, pp. 392–399, pls. 32–33, In: E. Belcher, <i>The last of the Arctic voyages: being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852–53–54: with notes on the natural history.</i> Lovell Reeve, London. 2 volumes. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1360228 [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]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
