Nuculidae is a
family
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of small
saltwater
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clam
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s in the
order
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Nuculida
Nuculida is an order of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks. This order belongs to the subclass Protobranchia
Protobranchia is a subclass of bivalve mollusc
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.
Species
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in this family are commonly known as nut clams.
The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics has been based mainly on their
feces
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.
[WoRMS (2011). Nuculidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204 on 2011-05-04]
Genera
* ''
Acila''
H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
* ''
Adrana''
Adams and Adams, 1858
* ''
Austronucula''
Powell, 1939
* ''
Brevinucula''
Thiele, 1934
* ''
Condylonucula'' D.R. Moore, 1977
* ''
Ennucula''
Iredale, 1931
*''
Lamellinucula'' Schenck, 1944
* ''
Leionucula'' Quenstedt, 1930 †
* ''
Linucula'' Marwick, 1931
* ''
Neonucula'' Lan & Lee, 2001
* ''
Nucula''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1799
* ''
Pronucula''
Hedley, 1902
* ''
Sinonucula'' Xu, 1985
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Lionucula'' Thiele, 1934 synonym of ''Ennucula'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Nuculoma''
Cossmann, 1907 : synonym of ''Ennucula'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Polyodonta'' Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 : synonym of ''Nucula'' Lamarck, 1799
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Bieler R. & Mikkelsen P. 2006. Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148, 223–235
* Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). ''Classification of Bivalve families''. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989).'' A classification of the living Mollusca''
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Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Bivalve families
Extant Paleozoic first appearances