Nuculanidae

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Rank Family		Scientific name Nuculanidae Higher classification Nuculida Order Nuculanoida

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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