Nuculana tenuisulcata
| Nuculana tenuisulcata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Nuculanida |
| 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
- ^ 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.