Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acila balabacensis		Western Pacific.		1936
Acila castrensis	Divaricate nutclam	Northern and Central Paci	1.5 TL	1843
Acila divaricata		Northwest Pacific.		1843
Acila minutoides		Northwest Pacific		1958
Acila mirabilis		Northwest Pacific.		1850
Austronucula galatheae		Southwest Pacific		1956
Austronucula perminima		Mediterranean Sea.		1875
Austronucula schencki		Southwest Pacific		1939
Brevinucula subtriangularis		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1992
Brevinucula verrilli		Western Atlantic.		1886
Brevinucula verrillii		Atlantic Ocean.	0.5 DL	1886
Condylonucula maya		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	1977
Ennucula aegeensis		Western Central Atlantic		1879
Ennucula corticata		Atlantic Ocean.	0.4 DL	1842
Ennucula cumingii		Western Pacific.		1843
Ennucula cyrenoides		Northwest Pacific		1929
Ennucula dalmasi		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1900
Ennucula decipiens		Mediterranean Sea.		1844
Ennucula elongata		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1992
Ennucula eltanini		Western Atlantic and East	0.4 DL	1990
Ennucula georgiana		Antarctica.		1964
Ennucula granulosa		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL	1884
Ennucula grayi		Western Atlantic and East		1846
Ennucula linki	Link nutclam	Pacific Ocean.		1916
Ennucula mareana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1964
Ennucula niponica		Northwest Pacific		1885
Ennucula perforata		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1992
Ennucula puelcha		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.2 DL	1842
Ennucula romboides		Endemic to the Arctic.		1981
Ennucula similis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1992
Ennucula strangeiformis		Southwest Pacific		1956
Ennucula tenuis	Smooth nutclam	Arctic, Atlantic, the Med	1 DL	1808
Leionucula strangei		Southwest Pacific		1856
Leionucula superba		Southwest Pacific		1902
Linucula recens		Southwest Pacific		1956
Nucula aegeensis	Aegean nutclam	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern C		1879
Nucula annulata		Atlantic Ocean, Eastern C		1971
Nucula atacellana		Atlantic Ocean.	0.7 DL	1939
Nucula austrobenthalis		Antarctica.	1.7 DL	1990
Nucula bengalensis		Western Pacific.		1895
Nucula brasiliana		Western Atlantic.		1984
Nucula calcicola	Reef nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 NG	1977
Nucula callicredemna		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1890
Nucula cancellata		Western Atlantic.		1856
Nucula cardara		Western Atlantic.		1916
Nucula carlottensis	Charlotte nutclam	Eastern Pacific		1897
Nucula certisinus		Southwest Pacific		1930
Nucula consentanea		Western Indian Ocean		1907
Nucula convexa		Western Pacific.		1833
Nucula corbuloides		Mediterranean Sea		1877
Nucula crenulata	Crenulate nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL	1856
Nucula culebrensis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1885
Nucula cymella		Western Atlantic.		1886
Nucula darella		Western Atlantic.		1916
Nucula delphinodonta	Dolphintooth nutclam	Atlantic Ocean	0.3 DL	1842
Nucula donaciformis		Northwest Pacific		1895
Nucula dorsocrenata		Northwest Atlantic		1977
Nucula dunedinensis		Southwest Pacific		1928
Nucula exigua	Iridescent nutclam	Eastern Pacific and Weste		1833
Nucula falklandica		Southeast Pacific, Southw	0.5 DL	1912
Nucula fernandensis		Southeast Pacific		1971
Nucula fernandinae		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1927
Nucula gemmulata		Northwest Pacific		1953
Nucula granulosa		Northwest Pacific		1884
Nucula groenlandica	Greenland nutclam	Atlantic Ocean.		1898
Nucula hanleyi		Northeast Atlantic and Me		1931
Nucula hartvigiana	Nut shell	Southwest Pacific		1864
Nucula hawaiensis		Southeast Pacific	0.0 TL	1921
Nucula inconspicua		Western Indian Ocean		1871
Nucula izushotoensis		Northwest Pacific		1966
Nucula kawamurai		Northwest Pacific.		1975
Nucula limosa		Western Atlantic.	2.9 DL	1845
Nucula marshalli		Western Atlantic.		1939
Nucula mesembrina		Western Atlantic and West		1916
Nucula nitidosa		Northeast Atlantic and th		1930
Nucula nitidula		Southwest Pacific		1856
Nucula nitidulaformis		Southwest Pacific		1971
Nucula nucleus	Common nut clam	Eastern Atlantic and the		1758
Nucula pachydonta		Western Pacific.		1932
Nucula padula		Western Central Pacific		1856
Nucula paulula		Northwest Pacific		1856
Nucula pisum		Southwest Atlantic and So	0.5 DL	1833
Nucula proxima	Atlantic nutclam	Atlantic Ocean and Easter	1 DL	1822
Nucula pseudoexigua		Eastern Pacific.	0.5 DL	1998
Nucula pusilla		Arctic		1877
Nucula rossiana		Southwest Pacific		1930
Nucula subovata		Northeast Atlantic		1898
Nucula sulcata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1831
Nucula tokyoensis		Western Pacific.		1920
Nucula trigonica		Western Central Pacific		2001
Nucula tumidula		Mediterranean Sea.		1860
Nucula turgida		Northeast Atlantic and Me		1875
Nucula venezuelana		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1964
Nucula zophos		Arctic		1960
Nuculoidea pernambucensis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1885
Nuculoma aegeensis		Mediterranean Sea		1844
Nuculoma corbuloides		Mediterranean Sea.		1842
Pronucula bollonsi		Southwest Pacific		1955
Pronucula kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific		1915
Pronucula maoria		Southwest Pacific		1937
Pronucula tenuis		Southwest Pacific		1927
Varinucula gallinacea		Southwest Pacific		1930

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Family: Veneridae (See list of species below)

Family: Veneridae

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