Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combinations: Leda taphria, Nuculana (Jupiteria) taphria, Nuculana (Saccella) taphria, Nuculana taphria
Belongs to Saccella according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Kern 1973, Moore 1983, Valentine 1956, Willett 1937 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Nuculana (Saccella) alaeformis, Nuculana (Saccella) andrewi, Nuculana (Saccella) arowhana, Nuculana (Saccella) bolivarensis, Nuculana (Saccella) cahillensis, Nuculana (Saccella) chaneyi, Nuculana (Saccella) chehalisensis, Nuculana (Saccella) costulata, Nuculana (Saccella) crassatelloides, Nuculana (Saccella) denominata, Nuculana (Saccella) fabata, Nuculana (Saccella) furlongi, Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii, Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana, Nuculana (Saccella) gnomon, Nuculana (Saccella) gracillima, Nuculana (Saccella) hamata, Nuculana (Saccella) hondana, Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini, Nuculana (Saccella) markleyensis, Nuculana (Saccella) merriami, Nuculana (Saccella) nolfi, Nuculana (Saccella) ochsneri, Nuculana (Saccella) packardi, Nuculana (Saccella) pakistanica, Nuculana (Saccella) parva, Nuculana (Saccella) pseudoscissurata, Nuculana (Saccella) pulchrisinuosa, Nuculana (Saccella) punjabensis, Nuculana (Saccella) rakhiensis, Nuculana (Saccella) ramonensis, Nuculana (Saccella) semibistriata, Nuculana (Saccella) silvestris, Nuculana (Saccella) soriensis, Nuculana (Saccella) striata, Nuculana (Saccella) taylorensis, Nuculana (Saccella) umboniinflata, Nuculana (Saccella) waikohuensis, Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis, Saccella acrita, Saccella acuminata, Saccella acuticauda, Saccella amelga, Saccella balboae, Saccella calkinsi, Saccella canonica, Saccella catasarca, Saccella charanica, Saccella chiriquiana, Saccella davidana, Saccella davilae, Saccella eburnea, Saccella elenensis, Saccella fabalis, Saccella fastigata, Saccella fontinalis, Saccella hindsii, Saccella hokkaidoensis, Saccella incognita, Saccella laeviradius, Saccella maxwelli, Saccella miradorana, Saccella orcutti, Saccella ornata, Saccella packardi, Saccella parva, Saccella peltella, Saccella peruviana, Saccella phlyctaena, Saccella quercollis, Saccella semiteres, Saccella subcerata, Saccella tenellula, Saccella uvasana, Saccella vagans, Saccella vulgaris, Saccella westendorpi, Sacella atakta
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), United States (60: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (2), United States (12: California)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 82 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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