Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Northern Hog Sucker
Taxonomy
- 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
()
-
- Superfamily:
Nuculoidea
(
- Order:
Nuculoida
(
- Subclass:
Protobranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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
- Boston journal of natural history. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 314.
- Bulletin - New York State Museum. Albany: New York State Education Dept. url p. 120, p. 212, p. 263.
- History of Vermont, natural, civil and statistical, in three parts, with an appendix. 1853. By Zadock Thompson. Burlington, The author, 1853. url .
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 127.
- Natural history of New York. Albany: D. Appleton: 1842-1894. url p. 128, p. 435.
- North American mesozoic and cænozoic geology and palæontology; or, An abridged history of our knowledge of the triassic, jurassic, cretaceous and tertiary formations of this continent. By S.A. Miller. Cincinnati, Printed by J. Barclay, 1881. url p. 156.
- The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. Cincinnati: The Society, 1878/79 [i.e. 1878 or 1879]-1945. url p. 254.
Notes
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:
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17880673
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2596070
