Nucula proxima

Author
Say, 1822
Common Names
  • Atlantic Nut Clam

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
124 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Nova Scotia, Canada to Florida and Texas, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
  • soft sediment
References

  • Camp, D. K., W. G. Lyons, and T. H. Perkins. 1998. Checklists of selected shallow-water marine invertebrates of Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, FMRI Technical Report TR-3. 238 pp.

  • Lipka, D. A. 1974. Mollusks. Pp. 142–196 in T. J. Bright and L. H. Pequegnat, eds. Biota of the West Flower Garden Banks. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. 435 pp.

  • Mikkelsen, P. M. 2006. Western Atlantic Bivalves, ver. 1. URL: http://peet.amnh.org/Western_Atlantic_Bivalves/families/list.html, accessed June 14, 2006.

  • Pequegnat, W. E. 1983. The ecological communities of the continental slope and adjacent regimes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services contract AA851-CT1-12 by TerEco Corp. College Station, Texas. 398 pp. + Appendices A1–C40.

  • Pulley, T. E. 1952a. A zoogeographic study based on the bivalves of the Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 215 pp.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 46306 – Government Stakes, Alligator Point, Florida, 4.5–9 m.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-23-2024.

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