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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Nuculanoidea: Nuculanidae

Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)


Range: 68°N to 41°N; 47°W to 0°W
Depth: 36 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11.4  mm

Synonymy

Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776
Leda complanata Möller, 1842
Leda tumida Möller, 1842
Nuculana grandis Mörch, 1857
Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919

Details


Arca minuta O. F. Müller, 1776,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Fabricius (1776)
Range: 68°N to 41°N
References: Bernard (1983)

Leda complanata Möller, 1842a, p. 90
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Julianehaab, West] Greenland [see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 61°N ; 47°W
Depth: 36 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11.1 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) DdNSEWMs

Nuculana minuta var. grandis Mörch, 1857b, p. 93, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Julianehaab, West] Greenland [objective synonym of ^Leda complanata]
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s

Leda lomaensis Dall, 1919, 
[Synonym]

Leda minuta var. tumida Möller, 1842a, p. 90
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Maximum Reported Size: 11.4 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) Ms


Partial List of References

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1857. Fortegnelse over Gro/nlands Blo/ddyr Gro/nland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet 2 75-100 Commission hos Universitetsboghandler: Kjo/benhavn. [Stated date: 08 Apr 1857.]

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