Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.[1]
| Nuculidae Temporal range: Paleozoic to Present
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| Two views of a left valve of Acila cobboldiae from the early Pleistocene of the Netherlands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculida |
| Superfamily: | Nuculoidea |
| Family: | Nuculidae Gray, 1824 |
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The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics have been based mainly on their feces.[2]
Genera
edit- Acila H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
- Adrana Adams and Adams, 1858
- Austronucula Powell, 1939
- Brevinucula Thiele, 1934
- Condylonucula D.R. Moore, 1977
- Ennucula Iredale, 1931
- Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
- Leionucula Quenstedt, 1930 †
- Linucula Marwick, 1931
- Neonucula Lan & Lee, 2001
- Nucula Lamarck, 1799
- Pronucula Hedley, 1902
- Sinonucula Xu, 1985
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Lionucula Thiele, 1934 synonym of Ennucula Iredale, 1931
- Nuculoma Cossmann, 1907 : synonym of Ennucula Iredale, 1931
- Polyodonta Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 : synonym of Nucula Lamarck, 1799
References
edit- ^ Mikkelsen, Paula M. (2008). Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves. Rüdiger Bieler. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11606-8. OCLC 78071775.
- ^ WoRMS (2011). Nuculidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204 on 2011-05-04
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Bieler R. & Mikkelsen P. 2006. Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148, 223–235
- Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1–184.. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca