Nuculana pernula
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Nuculanida |
Family: | Nuculanidae |
Genus: | Nuculana |
Species: | N. pernula
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Binomial name | |
Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1771)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.