Nuculana tenuisulcata

Nuculana tenuisulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculoida
Family: Nuculanidae
Genus: Nuculana
Species: N. tenuisulcata
Binomial name
Nuculana tenuisulcata
(Couthouy, 1838)

Nuculana tenuisulcata, or the sulcate nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Rhode Island.[1]

References

  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.
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