MolluscaBase name details
Nucula (Leda) packeri Forbes, 1848 †
1721180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1721180)
alternative representation
Species
Nucula (Leda) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Nuculana Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). <i>The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural Productions.</i>. 722 pp., Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London., available online at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17939255M/The_history_of_Barbados
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
Type locality contained in Barbados
, Note vicinity of Springfield
type locality contained in Barbados (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality vicinity of Springfield [details]
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Mr. Edward Parker of Springfield, Barbados
Etymology Named for the collector of the type series, Mr. Edward Parker of Springfield, Barbados [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucula (Leda) packeri Forbes, 1848 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1721180 on 2025-09-10
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Schomburgk, R. H. (1848). <i>The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events since the Settlement; and an Account of its Geology and Natural Productions.</i>. 722 pp., Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London., available online at https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17939255M/The_history_of_Barbados
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
page(s): 566-567, figs. 2-3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
