Nucula
Encyclopedia
Nucula is a genus of clam
s of the family
Nuculidae
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Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
s of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Nuculidae
Nuculidae
Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculoida. Species 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. -Genera:* Acila H. Adams and A...
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Species
- Nucula aegeensis Jeffreys, 1879 - Aegean nutclam
- Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971
- Nucula atacellanaNucula atacellanaNucula atacellana, or the cancellate nut shell clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Cape Cod to Virginia....
Schenck, 1939 - cancellate nutclam - Nucula calcicola Moore, 1977 - reef nutclam
- Nucula cancellata Meek & Hayden, 1856
- Nucula cardara DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1916 - Nucula carlottensis DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1897 - Charlotte nutclam - Nucula certisinusNucula certisinusNucula certisinus is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930 - Nucula chrysocome
- Nucula crenulata A. AdamsArthur Adams (zoologist)Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1856 - crenulate nutclam - Nucula cymella DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886 - Nucula darella DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1916 - Nucula delphinodontaNucula delphinodontaNucula delphinodonta, or the dolphin-tooth nut shell clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maryland....
Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 - dolphintooth nutclam - Nucula dunedinensisNucula dunedinensisNucula dunedinensis is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1928 - Nucula exigua G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 - iridescent nutclam, short nutclam
- Nucula fernandinae DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1927 - Nucula gallinaceaNucula gallinaceaNucula gallinacea is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930 - Nucula granulosa VerrillAddison Emery VerrillAddison Emery Verrill was an American zoologist. He was a student of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University and graduated in 1862...
, 1884 - Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898 - Greenland nutclam
- Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931
- Nucula hartvigianaNucula hartvigianaNucula hartvigiana is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973...
PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg PfeifferLudwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, also known as Louis Pfeiffer was a German physician, botanist and conchologist.-Biography:He received his education in Kassel, and became professor of pathology there in 1828...
, 1864 - Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930 (unaccepted name: Nucula turgida Leckenby & Marshall, 1875)
- Nucula nitidulaNucula nitidulaNucula nitidula is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
A. Adams, 1856 - Nucula nitidulaformisNucula nitidulaformisNucula nitidulaformis is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1971 - Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Nucula proximaNucula proximaNucula proxima, or the Atlantic nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Texas, including Bermuda....
SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1822 - Atlantic nutclam - Nucula recensNucula recensNucula recens is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956 - Nucula rossianaNucula rossianaNucula rossiana is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930 - Nucula subovata VerrillAddison Emery VerrillAddison Emery Verrill was an American zoologist. He was a student of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University and graduated in 1862...
& Bush, 1898 - Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
- Nucula tenuisNucula tenuisNucula tenuis, or the smooth nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maryland....
(Montagu, 1808) - Nucula tumidula (Malm, 1860)
- Nucula zophos A. H. Clark, 1960