Nucula nucleus common nut clam

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Scientific:: Nucula nucleus
German:: Gemeine Nussmuschel
English:: Common Nut Clam

Category:: Sea Shells
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Nuculida (Order) > Nuculidae (Family) > Nucula (Genus) > nucleus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Tunesien, the North Sea, Adria (the Adriatic Sea), European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
Size:: up to 0.47" (1.2 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Detritus
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Average

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nucula atacellana
Nucula austrobenthalis
Nucula beachportensis
Nucula bergmansi
Nucula brasiliana
Nucula calcicola
Nucula callicredemna
Nucula carlottensis
Nucula certisinus
Nucula consentanea
Nucula crassicostata
Nucula crassidens
Nucula crenulata
Nucula crystallina
Nucula culebrensis
Nucula donaciformis
Nucula dorsocrenata
Nucula dunedinensis
Nucula exigua
Nucula exodonta
Nucula falklandica
Nucula fernandinae
Nucula hanleyi
Nucula hawaiensis
Nucula inconspicua
Nucula infrequens
Nucula insignis
Nucula interflucta
Nucula iphigenia
Nucula irregularis
Nucula izushotoensis
Nucula kanaka
Nucula kanekoi
Nucula kerguelensis
Nucula libera
Nucula malabarica
Nucula mariae
Nucula marmorea
Nucula mayi
Nucula mesembrina
Nucula mitralis
Nucula multidentata
Nucula ngatutura
Nucula nicklesi
Nucula nitidosa
Nucula nitidula
Nucula nitidulaformis
Nucula nucleus
Gemeine Nussmuschel
Nucula papillifera
Nucula paulula
Nucula planiculmen
Nucula praetenta
Nucula profundorum
Nucula proxima
Nucula pseudoexigua
Nucula pusilla
Nucula revei
Nucula rhytidopleura
Nucula rossiana
Nucula rugulosa
Nucula saltator
Nucula schencki
Nucula sculpturata
Nucula semen
Nucula semiornata
Nucula sericea
Nucula striatissima
Nucula striolata
Nucula suahelica
Nucula subluxa
Nucula sulcata
Nucula sultana
Nucula tamatavica
Nucula thielei
Nucula tokyoensis
Nucula torresi
Nucula totangiensis
Nucula trigonica
Nucula tumidula
Nucula vestigia
Nucula vincentiana
Nucula zophos

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-23 16:04:09
Last edit:: 2013-11-23 16:04:09

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Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nucula nucleus is 1,2 cm.The colour is white or grey.The common nut clam lives on coarse sand and fine gravelin.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Protobranchia (Subclass) > Nuculida (Order) > Nuculoidea (Superfamily) > Nuculidae (Family) > Nucula (Genus)

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