Nuculanida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Protobranchia
Order: Nuculanida
Carter, D. C. Campbell & M. R. Campbell, 2000
Families

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Synonyms

Nuculanoida

Nuculanida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Protobranchia.

Description

These bivalves are distinguished by the presence of relatively primitive, "protobranchiate" gills. There are a row of short teeth along the hinge of the shell. The shells are often internally nacreous.[1]

Families

Families within the order Nuculanida include:

References

  1. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 430. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.


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