Species under Nucula
n= 53
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Nucula aegeensis
Jeffreys, 1879
Aegean nutclam Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Central Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea
Nucula atacellana
Schenck, 1939
Atlantic Ocean 0.65
Nucula austrobenthalis
Dell, 1990
Antarctica 1.7
Nucula bengalensis
Smith, 1895
Western Pacific
Nucula brasiliana
Esteves, 1984
Western Atlantic
Nucula calcicola
Moore, 1977
Reef nutclam Atlantic Ocean 0.19
Nucula callicredemna
Dall, 1890
Western Atlantic 1.89
Nucula carlottensis
Dall, 1897
Charlotte nutclam Eastern Pacific
Nucula certisinus
Finlay, 1930
Southwest Pacific
Nucula consentanea
Melvill & Standen, 1907
Western Indian Ocean
Nucula convexa
(Sowerby, 1833)
Western Pacific
Nucula corbuloides
Sequenza, 1877
Mediterranean Sea
Nucula crenulata
Adams, 1856
Crenulate nutclam Atlantic Ocean 0.6
Nucula culebrensis
Smith, 1885
Western Atlantic 0.6
Nucula delphinodonta
Mighels & Adams, 1842
Dolphintooth nutclam Atlantic Ocean 0.33
Nucula donaciformis
Smith, 1895
Northwest Pacific
Nucula dorsocrenata
(Habe, 1977)
Northwest Atlantic
Nucula dunedinensis
Finlay, 1928
Southwest Pacific
Nucula exigua
Sowerby I, 1833
Iridescent nutclam Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Nucula falklandica
Preston, 1912
Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic 0.5
Nucula fernandensis
Villaroel, 1971
Southeast Pacific
Nucula fernandinae
Dall, 1927
Western Atlantic 0.4
Nucula gemmulata
Habe, 1953
Northwest Pacific
Nucula groenlandica
Posselt, 1898
Greenland nutclam Atlantic Ocean
Nucula hanleyi
Winckworth, 1931
Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
Nucula hartvigiana
Pfeiffer, 1864
Nut shell Southwest Pacific
Nucula hawaiensis
Pilsbry, 1921
Southeast Pacific 0.03
Nucula inconspicua
Adams, 1871
Western Indian Ocean
Nucula izushotoensis
(Okutani, 1966)
Northwest Pacific
Nucula kawamurai
Habe, 1975
Northwest Pacific
Nucula limosa
Philippi, 1845
Western Atlantic 2.9
Nucula marshalli
Schenck, 1939
Western Atlantic
Nucula mesembrina
(Hedley, 1916)
Western Atlantic and Western Pacific
Nucula nitidosa
Winckworth, 1930
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Nucula nitidula
Adams, 1856
Southwest Pacific
Nucula nitidulaformis
Powell, 1971
Southwest Pacific
Nucula nucleus
Linnaeus, 1758
Common nut clam Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Nucula pachydonta
Prashad, 1932
Western Pacific
Nucula padula
Adams, 1856
Western Central Pacific
Nucula paulula
Adams, 1856
Northwest Pacific
Nucula pisum
Sowerby I, 1833
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific 0.5
Nucula proxima
Say, 1822
Atlantic nutclam Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Central Pacific 1
Nucula pseudoexigua
Villarroel & Stuardo, 1998
Eastern Pacific 0.51
Nucula pusilla
Angas, 1877
Arctic
Nucula rossiana
Finlay, 1930
Southwest Pacific
Nucula subovata
Verrill & Bush, 1898
Northeast Atlantic
Nucula sulcata
Bronn, 1831
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea
Nucula tokyoensis
Yokoyama, 1920
Western Pacific
Nucula trigonica
Lan & Lee, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Nucula tumidula
(Malm, 1860)
Mediterranean Sea
Nucula turgida
Leckenby & Marshall, 1875
Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea
Nucula venezuelana
Weisbord, 1964
Western Atlantic 0.35
Nucula zophos
Clark, 1960
Arctic
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