NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Nuculanidae
  Order - Nuculoida
  Subclass - Protobranchia
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ledella acuminata
      Species - Ledella galatheae
      Species - Ledella pustulosa
      Species - Ledella similis
      Species - Ledella sublevis
      Species - Ledella ultima
      Species - Ledella fiascona