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

Lembulus Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nuculana (Lembulus)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Children

Lembulus bicuspidatus (A. Gould, 1845)
Lembulus pella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
basis of record	Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314.
additional source	Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412
status source	La Perna R. (2008). Revision of the Nuculanidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia) from the Cerulli Irelli collection (Mediterranean, Pleistocene). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 46(2-3): 125-137.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lembulus Risso, 1826. 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:236685