Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Protobranchia
Ordo: Nuculida
Superfamilia: Nuculoidea
Familia: Nuculidae
Genera (11 + †14): Acila – Austronucula – Brevinucula – Condylonucula – †Dacryomya – Ennucula – †Eonuculoma – †Gibbonucula – †Iheringinucula – †Lacia – †Leionucula – Linucula – †Lissanucula – Neonucula – Nucula – †Nuculoidea – †Nuculoma – †Nuculopsis – †Palaeonucula – Pronucula – †Quadratonucula – †Similoconcha – Sinonucula – †Trigonucula – Varinucula
Name
Nuculidae Gray, 1824
References
Primary references
Gray, J.E. 1824. Shells. in: Parry W.E. (ed.) Supplement to Appendix, Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-1820, contaning an account of the subjects of Natural History. John Murray: London. Appendix 10, Zool.: 240–246.
Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.[1]
The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics have been based mainly on their feces.[2]
Genera
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
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
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