Pointed Nutclam

Saccella acuta

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculanida
Family: Nuculanidae

Dacryomya, or the pointed nutclam is an extinct genus of small-sized (approximately 1 centimetre (0. 39 in) long) saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the nutclam family Nuculanidae. The size and shape of the shells of species in this genus are reminiscent of broad apple pips.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 29Brazil · 3

Sources and credits

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