Nucula tenuis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Nuculida |
Family: | Nuculidae |
Genus: | Nucula |
Species: | N. tenuis |
Binomial name | |
Nucula tenuis Montagu, 1808 |
Nucula tenuis, or the smooth nut clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maryland.
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. 3.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Nucula tenuis |
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