WoRMS taxon details
Varinucula P. A. Maxwell, 1988
722862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722862)
accepted
Genus
Nucula gallinacea H. J. Finlay, 1930 accepted as Varinucula gallinacea (H. J. Finlay, 1930) (type by original designation)
Nucula (Varinucula) P. A. Maxwell, 1988 · alternative representation
marine
recent + fossil
Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120.
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it...
Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Varinucula P. A. Maxwell, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722862 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120.
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Huber (2015) treated Varinucula as a subgenus of Nucula, rather than following Marshall & Spencer (2013) in assigning it generic rank. However, he admitted to the absence of solid data to support either of these conflicting views. [details]
