Nuculidae

Nuculidae Temporal range: Paleozoic to Present
Two views of a left valve of Acila cobboldiae from the early Pleistocene of the Netherlands
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Nuculida
Superfamily:	Nuculoidea
Family:	Nuculidae Gray, 1824
Genera
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Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.

The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics have been based mainly on their feces.

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

• 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