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Nuculanidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Scientific name
  
Nuculanidae

Higher classification
  
Nuculida

Order
  
Nuculanoida

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Similar
  
Nuculidae, Yoldiidae, Limopsidae, Glycymerididae, Corbulidae

Nuculanidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Nuculanoida. Species in this family are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Nuculanidae include:

  • Acutispinula
  • Acutispinula hilleri (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
  • Acutispinula scheltemai (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
  • Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Jupiteria
  • Jupiteria manawatawhia Powell, 1937)
  • Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
  • Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953
  • Ledella
  • Ledella aberrata Allen & Sanders, 1996
  • Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
  • Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
  • Ledella jamesi Allen & Hannah, 1989
  • Ledella librata Dell, 1952
  • Ledella pustulosa Allen & Hannah, 1989
  • Ledella sublevis A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
  • Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Lembulus Link, 1807
  • Lembulus pellus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Nuculana
  • Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832)
  • Nuculana aspecta (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana bipennis (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana bushiana (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  • Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801)
  • Nuculana cestrota (Dall, 1890)
  • Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
  • Nucula eborea Conrad, 1848
  • Nuculana fortiana Esteves, 1984
  • Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana inaequisculpta Lamy, 1906
  • Nuculana jamaicensis (d’Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
  • Nuculana kalmartini Weisbord, 1964
  • Nuculana larranagai Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969
  • Nuculana marella Weisbord, 1964
  • Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Nuculana orixa (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1779)
  • Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890)
  • Nuculana pusio (Philippi, 1844)
  • Nuculana rhytida Dall, 1908
  • Nuculana semen (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana solidifacta (Dall, 1886)
  • Nuculana solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana taphria (Dall, 1898)
  • Nuculana tenuisulcata (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Nuculana verrilliana (Dall, 1886)
  • Nuculana vitrea (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
  • Nuculana vulgaris Pilsbry & Brown, 1913
  • Nuculana whitensis Farinati, 1978
  • Poroleda
  • Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton, 1885)
  • Saccella
  • Saccella bellula (A. Adams, 1856)
  • Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
  • Scissuladrana
  • Scissuladrana ludmillae Petuch, 1987
  • Thestyleda
  • Thestyleda investigator Dell, 1952)
  • Thestyleda louiseae (Clarke, 1962)
  • Tindariopsis
  • Tindariopsis sulculata (‘Couthouy’ Gould, 1852)

    • Fossil taxa:

  • Dacromya

    • References

    Nuculanidae Wikipedia
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