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Nucula lyalli

(Utah Chub)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Utah Chub

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Protobranchia ()
        Order: Nuculoida ()
        Superfamily: Nuculoidea () -
        Family: Nuculidae ()
        Genus: Nucula () - Lamarck, 1799
        Specific name: lyalli - Baird = castrensis Hinds
        Scientific name: - Nucula lyalli Baird = castrensis Hinds

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nucula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. aegeensis (Aegean Nutclam) · N. atacellana (Cancellate Nutclam) · N. calcicola (Reef Nutclam) · N. calcicola calcicola (Reef Nutclam) · N. carlottensis (Charlotte Nutclam) · N. castrensis (Spotted Leporinus) · N. crenulata (Crenulate Nutclam) · N. cyrenoides (One-Striped African Characin) · N. delphinodonta (Dolphintooth Nutclam) · N. exigua (Iridescent Nutclam) · N. groenlandica (Greenland Nutclam) · N. lyalli (Utah Chub) · N. nucleus (Nuclear Nut Clam) · N. paulula (Pirambeba) · N. portlandica (Northern Hog Sucker) · N. proxima proxima (Atlantic Nutclam)

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Further Reading

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Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 116.
Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url , p. 83.
The naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia London: R. Bentley, 1866. url .

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 19, 2008:

University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17880768
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2476331

Last Revised: 7/25/2012