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Nuculidae
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Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.
Species
nut clams
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderNuculida
- FamilyNuculidae
Nuculidae of Parelmoerneuten zijn een familie van de nuculoida.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,705
- With media
- 62
- Family
- Nuculidae
- Collections
- LACM, NHMUK, UWBM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Nuculidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Nuculidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Nuculidae
- taxon common name
- Nussmuscheln
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Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.
The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics have been based mainly on their feces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuculidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.