Nuculidae

Nuculidae Temporal range: Paleozoic to Present
Shells of Acila cobboldiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Nuculoida
Family:	Nuculidae Gray, 1824
Genera
See text.

Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculoida. Species in this family are commonly known as nut clams.

The nomenclature of the Western European species in this family is still uncertain. Their systematics has been based mainly on their feces. ^[1]

Genera

• Acila H. Adams and A. Adams, 1858
• Adrana Adams and Adams, 1858
• Austronucula Powell, 1939
• Brevinucula Thiele, 1934
• Condylonucula D.R. Moore, 1977
• Ennucula Iredale, 1931
• Lamellinucula Schenck, 1944
• Leionucula Quenstedt, 1930 †
• Linucula Marwick, 1931
• Neonucula Lan & Lee, 2001
• Nucula Lamarck, 1799
• Nuculoidea H.S. Williams & Breger, 1916
• Pronucula Hedley, 1902
• Sinonucula Xu, 1985

Genera brought into synonymy 

• Lionucula Thiele, 1934 synonym of Ennucula Iredale, 1931
• Nuculoma Cossmann, 1907 : synonym of Ennucula Iredale, 1931
• Polyodonta Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 : synonym of Nucula Lamarck, 1799

References

1. ^ WoRMS (2011). Nuculidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204 on 2011-05-04

• "Nuculidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79123. 
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Bieler R. & Mikkelsen P. 2006. Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148, 223–235
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca

status source: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.