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Order of bivalves Not to be confused with Nuculanida.

Nuculida
Nucula nucleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Protobranchia
Order: Nuculida
Dall, 1889
Superfamilies
Synonyms

Nuculoida


Nuculida is an order of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, within the subclass Protobranchia. "Nuculida" is sometimes spelled "Nuculoida". This order contains two families, the extant Nuculidae and the extinct Praenuculidae. Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.

References

  1. "Molluscabase - Nuculoidea Gray, 1824". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
Taxon identifiers
Nuculida


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