WoRMS taxon details
Nucleolaria Oyama, 1959
570722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570722)
accepted
Genus
Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
Nuclearia Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Nuclearia Cienkowsky, 1865 [Protozoa]; Nucleolaria is a replacement name
- Species Nucleolaria cassiaui (C. M. Burgess, 1965)
- Species Nucleolaria granulata (Pease, 1863)
- Species Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Nucleolaria hinuhinu Moretzsohn, 2011 accepted as Nucleolaria granulata (Pease, 1863)
- Species Nucleolaria pseudonucleus Moretzsohn, 2011 accepted as Nucleolaria nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Oyama K. (1959). Review of nomenclature on Japanese shells (3). <em>Venus.</em> 20(4): 361-362., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjmb.20.4_361
page(s): 361 [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucleolaria Oyama, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570722 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Oyama K. (1959). Review of nomenclature on Japanese shells (3). <em>Venus.</em> 20(4): 361-362., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjmb.20.4_361
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Nuclearia Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 415 [details]
basis of record Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series.</em> 85: 1-246. [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
original description (of Nuclearia Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 6(52): 414-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927566
page(s): 415 [details]
basis of record Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971). A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series.</em> 85: 1-246. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
