Nuculida
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| Nuculida | |
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| Nucula nucleus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculida Dall, 1889 |
| Superfamily: | Nuculoidea Gray, 1824 |
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Nuculida is an order of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, within the subclass Protobranchia. "Nuculida" is sometimes spelled "Nuculoida". This order contains a single superfamily, Nuculoidea, which encompasses two families, the extant Nuculidae and the extinct Praenuculidae.[2][3] Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Nuculida". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ↑ "Molluscabase - Nuculoidea Gray, 1824". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ↑ Carter, J.G.; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1–47.
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