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Nuculana leonina (W. H. Dall, 1896)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Nuculanidae »  genus Nuculana

Scientific synonyms

Leda leonina W. H. Dall, 1896
Nuculana (Nuculana) leonina Dall, 1896
Nuculana aikawai T. Habe, 1958
Nuculana (Thestyleda) aikawai Habe, 1958
Nuculana (Nuculana) aikawai Habe, 1958
Nuculana amiata W. H. Dall, 1916
Leda amiata Dall, 1916
Leda liogona Dall, 1916
Nuculana sagamiensis Okutani, 1962
Nuculana (Thestyleda) sagamiensis Okutani, 1962

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Nuculana leonina

Author: Okutani, T.

Nuculana leonina

Author: Okutani, T.

Nuculana leonina

Author: Coan, E. et al.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Pacific Ocean, Europe: Russia (Kamchatka), North America: Bering Sea, Canada (Yukon), United States of America (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington), Asia: Japan

* List of countries might not be complete

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Description

LION NUTCLAM
Leda leonina Dall. 1896 ; L. amiata Dall. 1916; L. liogona Dall I9l6
Shell elongate Rostrum long, broad (short in small specimens). Sculpture of strong, widely spaced commarginal ribs, frequently eroded in large specimens. Prodissoconch large, smooth, but eroded in large specimens. Escutcheon narrow, well demarcated. Periostracum very dehiscent, dark in large specimens. Length to 25 mm.
The relationship of this species to the Japanese N. (N.) sagamiensis Okutani, 1962, merits investigation. Southeast Bering Sea, Alaska (55°N) [USNM], to San Diego, California (32.7°N) [USNM]. and to Kamchatka in the western Pacific, in 350 - 2.500 m.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Nuculana leonina Dall, 1896]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Nuculana aikawai Habe, 1958]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
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