Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Nuculanidae > Subfamily Nuculaninae > Genus Lembulus

Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lembulus*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Nuculana (Lembulus)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Arca interrupta*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Arca pella*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Leda pelliformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Lembulus rossianus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nucula bicarinata*	Borson, 1823	synonym
*Nucula emarginata*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Nucula fabula*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1833	synonym
*Nuculana fabula*	(G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)	synonym
*Nuculana pella*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Literature

new combination reference	Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXVI. (Arcidae, Pectunculidae, Limopsidae, Nuculidae, Ledidae, Malletidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 92 pp., 12 pl.
status source	Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236686