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Charlotte nutclam
Nucula carlottensis W. H. Dall, 1897

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculida »  family Nuculidae »  genus Nucula

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Nucula carlottensis - Charlotte nutclam

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Shell small, trigonal, very inflated- Periostracum yellow to dark brown, silky. Length to 10 mm.
Source: Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.

Distribution

Queen Charlotte Islands. British Columbia (51.4°N) [USNM], to Acapulco, Guerrero, México (16.9°N) [USNM], in 104 - 2000 m.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Nucula carlottensis Dall, 1897]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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