Subfamily Nuculinae Gray 1824 (nut clam)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Parent taxon: Nuculidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Maxwell 1992 and Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Acila, Austronucula, Brevinucula, Condylonucula, Deshayesii, Economolopsis, Ennucula, Lacia, Leionucula, Manchurinucula, Microgloma, Neonucula, Notonucula, Nucula, Nuculanella, Nuculavus, Nuculoidea, Nuculoma, Nuculominae, Nuculopsis, Palaeonucula, Palaeonuculinae, Pectinucula, Phymodonucula, Ptychostolis, Similiconcha, Similoconcha, Sinonucula, Skyphoconcha, Trigonucula
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nuculinae in the database