Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226

Belongs to Nuculana (Saccella) according to W. C. Mansfield 1940

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) 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 taphria, Saccella tenellula, Saccella uvasana, Saccella vagans, Saccella vulgaris, Saccella westendorpi, Sacella atakta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taylors Mill Creek (Richards), which is in a Rupelian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Chickasawhay Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Taylors Mill Creek (Richards)

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