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Family: Nuculanidae



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107 species (see list below)
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Adrana egregia
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Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Adrana electa
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Max. Length 6.1 cm NG
 
Adrana gloriosa
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 3.3 cm NG
Adrana lancea(Thunberg, 1815)

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Adrana lancea
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Adrana ludmillae
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Max. Length 2.8 cm NG
 
Adrana patagonica
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Adrana tellinoides
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Jupiteria manawatawhia
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Jupiteria wolffi
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Ledella aberrata
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Ledella fiascona
[Baja miniature nutclam]
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Ledella finlayi
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Ledella galatheae
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Ledella herdmani
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Ledella jamesi
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Ledella kermadecensis
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Ledella marisnostri
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Ledella messanensis
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Ledella pustulosa
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Ledella similis
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Ledella solidula
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Ledella sublevis
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Ledella ultima
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Coltro, Marcus

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

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Nuculana acuta
[Pointed nutclam]
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Nuculana amiata
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Nuculana anakena
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Nuculana arai
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Nuculana aspecta
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Nuculana bellula
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Nuculana bipennis
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana bushiana
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Nuculana callimene
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Nuculana carpenteri
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Nuculana caudata
[Tailed nutclam]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic

Nuculana cestrota(Dall, 1889)

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Nuculana cestrota
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Nuculana commutata
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Coltro, Marcus

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

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Nuculana concentrica
[Concentric nutclam]
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Nuculana conceptionis
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Nuculana confusa
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Nuculana crenulata
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Nuculana cuneata
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Nuculana cuspidata
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Nuculana decora
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Nuculana extenuata
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Nuculana fortiana
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Nuculana gomphoidea
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Nuculana gordonis
[Gordon nutclam]
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Nuculana hamata
[Hooked nutclam]
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Nuculana hebes
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Nuculana husamaru
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Nuculana illirica
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Max. Length 0.5 cm SHL
 
Nuculana inaequisculpta
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Nuculana investigator
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Nuculana jacksoni
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Nuculana jamaicensis
[Jamaica nutclam]
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Nuculana karlmartini
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Nuculana kawamurai
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana larranagai
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Nuculana lectilis
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Nuculana leonina
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Nuculana marella
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Nuculana messanensis
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Nuculana minuta
[Minute nutclam]
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Nuculana navisa
[Ship nutclam]
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Nuculana novaeguineensis
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Nuculana orixa
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Nuculana pella
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Coltro, Marcus

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

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Nuculana pernula
[Northern nutclam]
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Nuculana pernuloides
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Nuculana platessa
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Nuculana procumbens
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Nuculana radiata
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Nuculana recurva
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Nuculana rhytida
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Nuculana sadoensis
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Nuculana scalata
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Nuculana sematensis
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Nuculana semen
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Nuculana sinensis
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Nuculana solida
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Nuculana solidifacta
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Nuculana soyomaruae
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Nuculana subaequilatera
[Unequal nutclam]
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Nuculana takaoensis
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Nuculana tenuisulcata
[Thin nut clam]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.

Nuculana verrilliana(Dall, 1886)

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Nuculana verrilliana
[Barbed nutclam]
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Nuculana vitrea
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Nuculana whitensis
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Nuculana yokoyamai
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Parayoldiella kermadecensis
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Poroleda lanceolata
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Propeleda dirham
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Arntz, Wolf E.

Southern Pacific and the
Max. Length 1.5 cm SHL
Propeleda longicaudataThiele, 1912

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Propeleda longicaudata
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Saccella brookei
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Saccella cellulita
[Fine-lined nutclam]
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Saccella confusa
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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Saccella elenensis(Sowerby I, 1833)

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Saccella elenensis
[Ecuador nutclam]
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Saccella gordonis
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Saccella hedleyi
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Saccella kirai
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Saccella maxwelli
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Saccella penderi
[Sharp-point nutclam]
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Saccella sematensis
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Saccella taphria
[Furrowed nutclam]
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Saccella verconis
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Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Scissuladrana ludmillae
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Thestyleda louiseae
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