Nuculana acuta

Nuculana acuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculoida
Family: Nuculanidae
Genus: Nuculana
Species: N. acuta
Binomial name
Nuculana acuta
(Conrad, 1831)

Nuculana acuta, or the pointed 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 Texas, including the West Indies.[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. 4.
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