Specimen image via iDigBio · BY-NC-ND
Nuculida
Sign in to saveNuculida 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. Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 230
- With media
- 205
- Collections
- UCMP, CAS, SIO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Philippines, Taiwan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Protobranchia
- Image
- Acila cobboldiae.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Nuculida
- Commons category
- Nuculida
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Nuculida
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
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. Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuculida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.