Nuculanidae

Nuculanidae

Nuculanidae

Family of bivalves

Nuculanidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Nuculanida. Species in this family are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.

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Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Nuculanidae include:

  • Acutispinula
    • Acutispinula hilleri (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
    • Acutispinula scheltemai (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
  • Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Jupiteria
    • Jupiteria manawatawhia Powell, 1937)
    • Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
    • Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953
  • Ledella
    • Ledella aberrata Allen & Sanders, 1996
    • Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
    • Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
    • Ledella jamesi Allen & Hannah, 1989
    • Ledella librata Dell, 1952
    • Ledella pustulosa Allen & Hannah, 1989
    • † Ledella rhomboidea (May, 1922)
    • Ledella sublevis A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
    • Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Lembulus Link, 1807
    • Lembulus pellus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Nuculana
    • Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832)
    • Nuculana aspecta (Dall, 1927)
    • Nuculana bipennis (Dall, 1927)
    • Nuculana bushiana (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
    • Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801)
    • Nuculana cestrota (Dall, 1890)
    • Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
    • Nuculana eborea Conrad, 1848
    • Nuculana fortiana Esteves, 1984
    • Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)
    • Nuculana inaequisculpta Lamy, 1906
    • Nuculana jamaicensis (d’Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
    • Nuculana kalmartini Weisbord, 1964
    • Nuculana larranagai Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969
    • Nuculana marella Weisbord, 1964
    • Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
    • Nuculana orixa (Dall, 1927)
    • Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
    • Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1779)
    • Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890)
    • Nuculana pusio (Philippi, 1844)
    • Nuculana rhytida Dall, 1908
    • Nuculana semen (E. A. Smith, 1885)
    • Nuculana solidifacta (Dall, 1886)
    • Nuculana solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
    • Nuculana sufficientia Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
    • Nuculana taphria (Dall, 1898)
    • Nuculana tenuisulcata (Couthouy, 1838)
    • Nuculana verrilliana (Dall, 1886)
    • Nuculana vitrea (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
    • Nuculana vulgaris Pilsbry & Brown, 1913
    • Nuculana whitensis Farinati, 1978
  • Poroleda
    • Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton, 1885)
  • Saccella
  • Scissuladrana
    • Scissuladrana ludmillae Petuch, 1987
  • Thestyleda
    • Thestyleda investigator Dell, 1952)
    • Thestyleda louiseae (Clarke, 1962)
  • Tindariopsis
    • Tindariopsis sulculata (‘Couthouy’ Gould, 1852)

Fossil taxa:

References

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  • "Nuculanidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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