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

Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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 nitida*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1833	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nucula nitida var. radiata*	J. T. Marshall, 1893	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nucula moorei*	Winckworth, 1931	synonym
*Nucula nitida var. turgida*	J. T. Marshall, 1875	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig nøddemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: driehoekige parelmoerneur; driehoekige parelmoerneut; glanzende parelmoerneut; parelmoerneut sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59

English: shiny nut clam; shiny nutclam sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: glänzende Nußmuschel

Literature

original description	Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930].
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	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.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
status source	Bowden J. & Heppell D. (1966). Revised list of British Mollusca. 1 Introduction Nuculacea-Ostreacea. Journal of Conchology 26: 99-124
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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930. 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:140589