Nuculanida
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Nuculanida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Protobranchia.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderNuculanida
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded155,370
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Collections
- UCMP, UWBM, SBMNH, CASG
- Recorded in
- United States
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Nuculanida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Protobranchia.
==Description== These bivalves are distinguished by the presence of relatively primitive, "protobranchiate" gills. There are a row of short teeth along the hinge of the shell. The shells are often internally nacreous.
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