Nuculida | |
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Nucula nucleus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Protobranchia |
Order: |
Nuculida Dall, 1889 |
Superfamilies | |
Synonyms | |
Nuculoida |
Nuculida is an
order of small saltwater clams,
marine
bivalve
mollusks, within the
subclass
Protobranchia. "Nuculida" is sometimes spelled "Nuculoida". This order contains two families, the extant
Nuculidae and the extinct
Praenuculidae.
[1] Clams in the family Nuculidae are commonly known as nut clams.