Saccella orcutti Arnold 1908 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Alternative combinations: Leda orcutti, Nuculana (Saccella) orcutti, Nuculana orcutti

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 50(4):419-436

Belongs to Saccella according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Arnold 1908, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Moore 1983

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 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: USNM 165271, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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