Nuculana acuta

Author
(Conrad, 1832)
Common Names
  • Pointed Nut Clam

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
1660 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Massachusetts to Campeche Bank, Mexico, West Indies, Brazil, Cuba
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • estuarine
  • infaunal
  • soft sediment
References

  • Andrews, J. 1977. Shells and Shores of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 365 pp.

  • James, B. M. 1972. Systematics and Biology of the Deep-water Paleotaxodonta (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 182 pp.

  • Moore, D. R. 1961. The marine and brackish water Mollusca of the State of Mississippi. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gulf Research Reports 1(1): 1–58.

  • Reguero, M., and A. García-Cubas. 1994. Moluscos de la Laguna Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz, México: sistemática y ecología. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 20(1): 77–104.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr., and A. H. Chaney. 1970. A checklist of the mollusks of Seven and One-Half Fathom Reef northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 15: 194–203.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 5834 – 94.5 mi SE of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, 93 m, sandy mud, 9 specimens.

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, 05-03-2024.

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