Nucula delphinodonta

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Nucula delphinodonta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculida
Family: Nuculidae
Genus: Nucula
Species:
N. delphinodonta
Binomial name
Nucula delphinodonta
Mighels & Adams, 1842

Nucula delphinodonta, or the dolphin-tooth nut shell clam, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae described by J.W. Mighels and C.B Adams in 1842. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Labrador to Maryland. [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. 3.