Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculida > Superfamily Nuculoidea > Family Nuculidae > Genus Nucula

Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Nucula Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nucula*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Deminucula*	Iredale, 1931	synonym
*Nucula (Deminucula)*	Iredale, 1931	synonym
*Nucula (Nucula)*	Lamarck, 1799	synonym

Species group names

*Nucula cancellata*	Jeffreys, 1882	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nucula reticulata*	Jeffreys, 1876	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Deminucula atacellana*	(Schenck, 1939)	synonym
*Nucula (Deminucula) atacellana*	Schenck, 1939	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cancellate nutclam

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
subsequent type designation	Schenck G. (1939). Revised nomenclature for some nuculid pelecypods. Journal of Paleontology 13 (1): 21-41, pl. 5-8

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939. 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:140585