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Nuculana pernula

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Nuculana pernula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Nuculanidae
Genus: Nuculana
Species:
N. pernula
Binomial name
Nuculana pernula
(Müller, 1771)

Nuculana pernula, or Müller's nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to Greenland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 5.