Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combination: Leda canonica
Belongs to Saccella according to W. P. Woodring 1973
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 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 taphria, Saccella tenellula, Saccella uvasana, Saccella vagans, Saccella vulgaris, Saccella westendorpi, Sacella atakta
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Florida collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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