Nuculanidae
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Nuculanidae is a family
of small bivalve molluscs in the order
Nuculanoida.
Nuculanidae species are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.
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...
of small bivalve molluscs in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Nuculanoida.
Nuculanidae species are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.
Taxonomy
- Acutispinula
- Acutispinula hilleri (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
- Acutispinula scheltemai (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
- Jupiteria
- Jupiteria manawatawhia 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...
, 1937) - Jupiteria wolffi 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 - Jupiteria zealedaformis 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...
, 1953
- Jupiteria manawatawhia Powell
- Ledella
- Ledella aberrata Allen & Sanders, 1996
- Ledella finlayi 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...
, 1935 - Ledella herdmani 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...
, 1953 - Ledella jamesi Allen & Hannah, 1989
- Ledella librata 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...
, 1952 - Ledella pustulosa Allen & Hannah, 1989
- Ledella sublevis A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
- Ledella ultima (E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1885)
- Lembulus Link, 1807
- Lembulus pellus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Nuculana
- Nuculana acutaNuculana acutaNuculana acuta, or the pointed nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, including the West Indies....
(Conrad, 1832) - Nuculana aspecta (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1927) - Nuculana bipennis (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1927) - Nuculana bushiana (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801)
- Nuculana cestrota (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1890) - Nuculana concentricaNuculana concentricaNuculana concentrica, or the concetric nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to Florida....
(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...
, 1824) - Nucula eborea Conrad, 1848
- Nuculana fortiana Esteves, 1984
- Nuculana hebes (E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1885) - Nuculana inaequisculpta Lamy, 1906
- Nuculana jamaicensis (d’OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
in Sagra, 1853) - Nuculana kalmartini Weisbord, 1964
- Nuculana larranagai Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969
- Nuculana marella Weisbord, 1964
- Nuculana minutaNuculana minutaNuculana minuta, or the minute nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maine....
(O. F. Müller, 1776) - Nuculana orixa (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1927) - Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
- Nuculana pernulaNuculana pernulaNuculana pernula, or Müller's nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to Greenland....
(Müller, 1779) - Nuculana platessa (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1890) - Nuculana pusio (PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1844) - Nuculana rhytida DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1908 - Nuculana semen (E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1885) - Nuculana solidifacta (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886) - Nuculana solidula (E. A. SmithEdgar Albert SmithEdgar Albert Smith was a British zoologist, a malacologist.His father was the Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and Assistant Keeper of Zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury...
, 1885) - Nuculana taphria (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1898) - Nuculana tenuisulcataNuculana tenuisulcataNuculana tenuisulcata, or the sulcate nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Rhode Island....
(Couthouy, 1838) - Nuculana verrilliana (DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1886) - Nuculana vitrea (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
- Nuculana vulgaris PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
& Brown, 1913 - Nuculana whitensis Farinati, 1978
- Nuculana acuta
- Poroleda
- Poroleda lanceolata (HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1885)
- Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton
- Saccella
- Saccella bellula (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) - Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
- Saccella bellula (A. Adams
- Scissuladrana
- Scissuladrana ludmillae Petuch, 1987
- Thestyleda
- Thestyleda investigator 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...
, 1952) - Thestyleda louiseae (Clarke, 1962)
- Thestyleda investigator Dell
- Tindariopsis
- Tindariopsis sulculata (‘Couthouy’ Gould, 1852)