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Saccella balboae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda balboae was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Saccella balboae by Woodring (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Leda balboae Brown and Pilsbry p. 362 figs. pl. 27, fig. 8
1922Leda balboae Olsson p. 173
1973Saccella balboae Woodring p. 493

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusSaccellaWoodring 1925
speciesbalboae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Saccella balboae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: shallow infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:24:17
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:02:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Saccella balboae (42625 42630 93040)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Saccella balboae (42614)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Saccella balboae (52173)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Leda balboae (134661) Saccella balboae (52169 52171 52174 93051 93052 93057 93058 93059 93060 93061 93062 93145 93146 93147 93172 93173 93174 93222)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Saccella balboae (145250 145251 145335 145357)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Leda balboae (134655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Leda balboae (134660 134675)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Leda balboae (134652)