Nuculanidae

Nuculanidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Nuculanida. Species in this family are found in all seas, from shallow to deep water.

Nuculanidae Temporal range: Permian to Present
Three shells of Nuculana minuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Nuculanida
Superfamily:	Nuculanoidea
Family:	Nuculanidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Genera
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Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Nuculanidae include:

• Acutispinula
  • Acutispinula hilleri (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
  • Acutispinula scheltemai (Allen & Sanders, 1982)
• Adrana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
• Jupiteria
  • Jupiteria manawatawhia Powell, 1937)
  • Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
  • Jupiteria zealedaformis Dell, 1953
• Ledella
  • Ledella aberrata Allen & Sanders, 1996
  • Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
  • Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
  • Ledella jamesi Allen & Hannah, 1989
  • Ledella librata Dell, 1952
  • Ledella pustulosa Allen & Hannah, 1989
  • † Ledella rhomboidea (May, 1922)
  • Ledella sublevis A. E. Verrill & Bush, 1898
  • Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Lembulus Link, 1807
  • Lembulus pellus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Nuculana
  • Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832)
  • Nuculana aspecta (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana bipennis (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana bushiana (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  • Nuculana caudata (Donovan, 1801)
  • Nuculana cestrota (Dall, 1890)
  • Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
  • Nuculana eborea Conrad, 1848
  • Nuculana fortiana Esteves, 1984
  • Nuculana hebes (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana inaequisculpta Lamy, 1906
  • Nuculana jamaicensis (d’Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
  • Nuculana kalmartini Weisbord, 1964
  • Nuculana larranagai Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969
  • Nuculana marella Weisbord, 1964
  • Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Nuculana orixa (Dall, 1927)
  • Nuculana parva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Nuculana pernula (Müller, 1779)
  • Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890)
  • Nuculana pusio (Philippi, 1844)
  • Nuculana rhytida Dall, 1908
  • Nuculana semen (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana solidifacta (Dall, 1886)
  • Nuculana solidula (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  • Nuculana sufficientia Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  • Nuculana taphria (Dall, 1898)
  • Nuculana tenuisulcata (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Nuculana verrilliana (Dall, 1886)
  • Nuculana vitrea (d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1853)
  • Nuculana vulgaris Pilsbry & Brown, 1913
  • Nuculana whitensis Farinati, 1978
• Poroleda
  • Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton, 1885)
• Saccella
• Scissuladrana
  • Scissuladrana ludmillae Petuch, 1987
• Thestyleda
  • Thestyleda investigator Dell, 1952)
  • Thestyleda louiseae (Clarke, 1962)
• Tindariopsis
  • Tindariopsis sulculata (‘Couthouy’ Gould, 1852)

Fossil taxa:

• Dacromya

References

• "Nuculanidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1