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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculida
Family: Veneridae

Genus: Nucula

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59 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean, Eastern C

Nucula aegeensisJeffreys, 1879

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nucula aegeensis
[Aegean nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nucula annulata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Nucula atacellana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Nucula austrobenthalis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula bengalensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula brasiliana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.2 cm NG
 
Nucula calcicola
[Reef nutclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Nucula callicredemna
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula cancellata
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula cardara
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula carlottensis
[Charlotte nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nucula certisinus
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula consentanea
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula convexa
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No picture found
 
Nucula corbuloides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Nucula crenulata
[Crenulate nutclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Nucula culebrensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula cymella
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No picture found
 
Nucula darella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Nucula delphinodonta
[Dolphintooth nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nucula donaciformis
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No picture found
 
Nucula dorsocrenata
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Nucula dunedinensis
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No picture found
 
Nucula exigua
[Iridescent nutclam]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southw
Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
Nucula falklandicaPreston, 1912

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Nucula falklandica
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No picture found
 
Nucula fernandensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Nucula fernandinae
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No picture found
 
Nucula gemmulata
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No picture found
 
Nucula granulosa
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No picture found
 
Nucula groenlandica
[Greenland nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nucula hanleyi
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula hartvigiana
[Nut shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.0 cm TL
 
Nucula hawaiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula inconspicua
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula izushotoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula kawamurai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm DL
 
Nucula limosa
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula marshalli
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No picture found
 
Nucula mesembrina
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No picture found
 
Nucula nitidosa
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula nitidula
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No picture found
 
Nucula nitidulaformis
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No picture found
 
Nucula nucleus
[Common nut clam]
No picture found
 
Nucula pachydonta
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula padula
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula paulula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nucula pisum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Nucula proxima
[Atlantic nutclam]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nucula pseudoexigua
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula pusilla
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula rossiana
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula subovata
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula sulcata
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula tokyoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula trigonica
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula tumidula
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula turgida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Nucula venezuelana
[]
No picture found
 
Nucula zophos
[]


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