APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Minute nutclam or Beaked leda
Nuculana minuta
- shell valves 1

Minute nutclam or Beaked leda
Nuculana minuta
- shell valves 2

Minute nutclam or Beaked leda
Nuculana minuta
- shell valves with rule 1

Shell featured was photographed in a private collection in Cornwall. 24.05.12.

Scientific and European Names:
Nuculana minuta, Arca caudata, Arca minuta, Jupiteria minuta, Leda complanata, Leda lomaensis, Leda minuta, Leda minuta plana, Leda minuta praecursor, Leda minuta var. brevirostris, Leda minuta var. tumida, Nucula parva, Nuculana minuta angusticauda, Nuculana minuta grandis, Nuculana minuta magna, Nuculana ochotensis, Nuculana parva, Minute nutclam, Beaked leda, Lille svanehalsmusling, Geribde snavelneut.

Scientific and Common Names used are largely gained from from the WoRMS Database.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.