Müller O.F., 1779

Description:
Shell slender with an elongate outline, strongly drawn out posteriorly into a long spout. Anterior margin is rounded. Inequilateral, umbones in front of midline. Sculpture of fine concentric lines. Hinge line with 18 teeth anteriorly and 24 posteriorly (N. pernula).

Size:
Up to 23 mm long.

Colour:
Dull white. Periostracum greenish-yellow, slightly glossy.

Animal:
Animal with two short, fused siphons.

Habitat:
In depths between 9 and 900 metres in silty bottoms.

Distribution:
North Sea, western Baltic, from the arctic to Biscay and Atlantic coast of North America (Distr. N. pernula).

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Subclass Protobranchia
Order Nuculoida
Family Nuculanidae
Genus Nuculana
Species Nuculana pernula

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nuculana pernula Müller O.F., 1779

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nuculana pernula Müller O.F., 1779
Leda pernula

Poppe, G.T. & Y. Goto, 1993. European Seashells. Vol. II. 221 pp. Wiesbaden/Verlag Christa Hemmen.

Sars, G.O., 1878. Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges Arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges Arktiske Region forekommende Bløddyr. Christiania Universitets program. 466 pp.

Seaward, D.R., 1990. Distribution of the marine molluscs of north west Europe. Nature Conservancy Council.

Willmann, R., 1989. Muscheln und Schnecken der Nord- und Ostsee. Neumann-Neudamm.

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