Select Page
Molluscs of Tasmania

Nuculidae: Nucula beachportensis Verco, 1907 (‘Beachport nutlet-shell’)

Synonym(s): beachportensis Verco, 1907.

Typical shell-length 5.7 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Protobranchia
Order: Nuculoida
Superfamily: Nuculoidea
Family: Nuculidae
Genus: Nucula

species image
species image
locality map
species image