''Nucula nitidulaformis'' is a saltwater
nut clam
Nuculidae is a family of small saltwater clams in the order Nuculida. 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 m ...
, a
marine
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bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Nuculidae.
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Nuculidae
Bivalves of New Zealand
Molluscs described in 1971