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Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Nuculanidae

Genus: Nuculana

(See list of species below)

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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 1 cm DL
Nuculana acuta(Conrad, 1832)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nuculana acuta
[Pointed nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana amiata
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana anakena
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana arai
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No picture found
 
Nuculana aspecta
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No picture found
 
Nuculana bellula
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No picture found
 
Nuculana bipennis
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No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana bushiana
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana callimene
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No picture found
 
Nuculana carpenteri
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No picture found
 
Nuculana caudata
[Tailed nutclam]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Nuculana cestrota(Dall, 1889)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nuculana cestrota
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana commutata
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Nuculana concentrica(Say, 1824)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nuculana concentrica
[Concentric nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana conceptionis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana confusa
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No picture found
 
Nuculana crenulata
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No picture found
 
Nuculana cuneata
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No picture found
 
Nuculana cuspidata
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No picture found
 
Nuculana decora
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No picture found
 
Nuculana extenuata
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No picture found
 
Nuculana fortiana
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No picture found
 
Nuculana gomphoidea
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No picture found
 
Nuculana gordonis
[Gordon nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana hamata
[Hooked nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana hebes
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No picture found
 
Nuculana husamaru
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No picture found
 
Nuculana illirica
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No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Nuculana inaequisculpta
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana investigator
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana jacksoni
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No picture found
 
Nuculana jamaicensis
[Jamaica nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana karlmartini
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No picture found
 
Nuculana kawamurai
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No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana larranagai
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana lectilis
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No picture found
 
Nuculana leonina
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No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana marella
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana messanensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana minuta
[Minute nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana navisa
[Ship nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana novaeguineensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana orixa
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No picture found
 
Nuculana pella
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic, Atlantic and Paci
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Nuculana pernula(Müller, 1779)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nuculana pernula
[Northern nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana pernuloides
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No picture found

Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Nuculana platessa
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No picture found
 
Nuculana procumbens
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No picture found
 
Nuculana radiata
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No picture found
 
Nuculana recurva
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No picture found
 
Nuculana rhytida
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No picture found
 
Nuculana sadoensis
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No picture found
 
Nuculana scalata
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana sematensis
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No picture found
 
Nuculana semen
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No picture found
 
Nuculana sinensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana solida
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana solidifacta
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana soyomaruae
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana subaequilatera
[Unequal nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana takaoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana tenuisulcata
[Thin nut clam]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Nuculana verrilliana(Dall, 1886)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Nuculana verrilliana
[Barbed nutclam]
No picture found
 
Nuculana vitrea
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana whitensis
[]
No picture found
 
Nuculana yokoyamai
[]


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