Nuculanoida

Nuculanoida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Protobranchia
Order: Nuculanoida
Families

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Nuculanoida is an order of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subclass Protobranchia.

Description

These bivalves are distinguished by the presence of relatively primitive, "protobranchiate" gills. There are a row of short teeth along the hinge of the shell. The shells are often internally nacreous.[1]

Families

Families within the order Nuculanoida include:

References

  1. Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 430. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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