Nowadays there are still many species of this genus, which have had virtually no change in the course of time. Species within the genus
Nucula include: •
Nucula annulata Hampson, 1971 •
Nucula atacellana Schenck, 1939 - cancellate nutclam •
Nucula austrobenthalis Dell, 1990 •
Nucula beachportensis Verco, 1907 •
Nucula benguelana (A. H. Clarke, 1961) •
Nucula brasiliana Esteves, 1984 •
Nucula calcicola Moore, 1977 - reef nutclam •
Nucula callicredemna Dall, 1890 •
Nucula cancellata Meek & Hayden, 1856 •
Nucula cardara Dall, 1916 •
Nucula carlottensis Dall, 1897 - Charlotte nutclam •
Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930 •
Nucula chrysocome •
Nucula consentanea Melvill & Standen, 1907 •
Nucula covra Bergmans, 1978 •
Nucula crassicostata E. A. Smith, 1872 •
Nucula crassidens Nicklès, 1955 •
Nucula crenulata A. Adams, 1856 - crenulate nutclam •
Nucula crystallina Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015 •
Nucula culebrensis E. A. Smith, 1885 •
Nucula cymella Dall, 1886 •
Nucula darella Dall, 1916 •
Nucula declivis Hinds, 1843 •
Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 - dolphintooth nutclam •
Nucula distincta Turton, 1932 •
Nucula donaciformis E. A. Smith, 1895 •
Nucula dorsocrenata (Habe, 1977) •
Nucula dunedinensis Finlay, 1928 •
Nucula exigua G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 - iridescent nutclam, short nutclam •
Nucula exodonta Prashad, 1932 •
Nucula faba Xu, 1999 •
Nucula falklandica Preston, 1912 •
Nucula fernandensis Villarroel, 1971 •
Nucula fernandinae Dall, 1927 •
Nucula gallinacea Finlay, 1930 •
Nucula granulosa Verrill, 1884 •
Nucula groenlandica Posselt, 1898 - Greenland nutclam •
Nucula hanleyi Winckworth, 1931 •
Nucula hartvigiana Dohrn, 1864 •
Nucula hawaiensis Pilsbry, 1921 •
Nucula inconspicua H. Adams, 1871 •
Nucula insignis (Hayami & Kase, 1993) •
Nucula interflucta Marincovich, 1973 •
Nucula iphigenia Dall, 1896 •
Nucula irregularis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 •
Nucula izushotoensis (Okutani, 1966) •
Nucula kanaka Bergmans, 1991 •
Nucula kerguelensis Thiele, 1912 •
Nucula libera Bergmans, 1991 •
Nucula malabarica Hanley, 1860 •
Nucula mariae Nolf, 2005 •
Nucula marmorea Hinds, 1843 •
Nucula marshalli Schenck, 1939 •
Nucula mayi (Iredale, 1930) •
Nucula mesembrina (Hedley, 1916) •
Nucula mitralis Hinds, 1843 •
Nucula multidentata Prashad, 1933 •
Nucula nicklesi Cosel, 1995 •
Nucula nitidosa Winckworth, 1930 (unaccepted name:
Nucula turgida Leckenby & Marshall, 1875) •
Nucula nitidula A. Adams, 1856 •
Nucula nitidulaformis Powell, 1971 •
Nucula notobenthalis Thiele, 1912 •
Nucula nucleus (
Linnaeus,
1758) •
Nucula oppressa Bergmans, 1991 •
Nucula papillifera Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931 •
Nucula paulula A. Adams, 1856 •
Nucula percrassa (
Conrad, 1858 ) •
Nucula pisum G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 •
Nucula planiculmen Kilburn, 1999 •
Nucula praetenta Iredale, 1924 •
Nucula profundorum E. A. Smith, 1885 •
Nucula proxima Say, 1822 - Atlantic nutclam •
Nucula pseudoexigua Villarroel & Stuardo, 1998 •
Nucula pusilla Angas, 1877 •
Nucula recens Dell, 1956 •
Nucula revei Bergmans, 1978 •
Nucula rhytidopleura Kilburn, 1999 •
Nucula rossiana Finlay, 1930 •
Nucula rugulosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 •
Nucula saltator (Iredale, 1939) •
Nucula schencki Hertlein & Strong, 1940 •
Nucula sculpturata G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 •
Nucula semen Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931 •
Nucula semiornata d'Orbigny, 1842 •
Nucula sericea Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931 •
Nucula striolata A. Adams, 1856 •
Nucula suahelica (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931) •
Nucula subluxa Kilburn, 1999 •
Nucula subovata Verrill & Bush, 1898 •
Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831 •
Nucula sultana Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931 •
Nucula surinamensis Van Regteren Altena, 1968 •
Nucula tamatavica Odhner, 1943 •
Nucula tenuis (Montagu, 1808) •
Nucula tersior Marwick, 1929 † •
Nucula thielei Schenck, 1939 •
Nucula tokyoensis Yokoyama, 1920 •
Nucula torresi E. A. Smith, 1885 •
Nucula trigonica Lan & Lee, 2001 •
Nucula tumidula (Malm, 1860) •
Nucula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 •
Nucula vincentiana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) •
Nucula zophos A. H. Clark, 1960 ==Extinct species==