Little Nut Semele

Semelina nuculoides

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Semelidae

The Semelidae are a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Cardiida. Description Members of this family have rounded or oval, elongated shells, much flattened. The two valves are connected by an internal ligament in contrast to the closely related family Tellinidae where the ligament is external.

Distribution

Little Nut Semele — (c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Josiah Londerée · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 18United States of America · 7

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Josiah Londerée · CC-BY DescriptionSemelidae, Wikipedia contributors

Little Nut Semele

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