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Nuculida

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

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Nuculida
Nucula nucleus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculida
Dall, 1889
Superfamily: Nuculoidea
Gray, 1824
Families
Synonyms1
  • Palaeotaxodonta
  • Nuculoida

Nuculida is an order of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks, within the subclass Protobranchia. "Nuculida" is sometimes spelled "Nuculoida". This order contains a single superfamily, Nuculoidea, which encompasses two families, the extant Nuculidae and the extinct Praenuculidae.23 Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.

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  2. "Molluscabase - Nuculoidea Gray, 1824". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. Carter, J.G.; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1–47.