Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: : Nuculanoidea: Nuculanidae

Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832)

Range: 42°N to 20°S; 92.45°W to 40.5°W
Depth: 0 to 1170 m (live 7 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm

Synonymy

Leda acuta (Conrad, 1832)
Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832
Leda jamaicensis d'Orbigny, 1853
Sacella jamaicensis (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Leda unca Gould, 1862

Details

Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832a, p. 32, pl. 6, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Tertiary beds of Virginia
Range: 42°N to 20°S; 92.45°W to 40.5°W
Depth: 0 to 219 m (live 7 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Surinam
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) M; Rice & Kornicker (1965) DW; Sykes & Hall (1970) Ll; Emerson & Jacobson (1976) d
Comments: Decsribed as a fossil.
Combining Genera: Leda

Leda jamaicensis d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 263, pl. 26, figs. 30-32
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Jamaica and Saint-Domingue
Range: 35°N to 10.7°N; 77°W to 64°W
Depth: 99 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre; Jamaica
References: Altena (1971) s; Macsotay & Campso (2001) SE
Combining Genera: Sacella

Leda unca Gould, 1862,
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005, 26 Oct.) s

Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1832. American Marine Conchology 3 29-40, pls. 6-8. [Stated date: -- May 1832.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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