Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative spellings: Nuculana (Saccella), Sacella
Parent taxon: Nuculanidae according to A. G. Beu 2006
See also Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986, DuBar 1958, Eames 1951, Gardner 1945, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Hertlein and Grant 1972, Huber 2010, Jung 1965, Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003, Mandic et al. 2002, Mansfield 1940, Marwick 1931, Maxwell 1992, Moore 1983, Perrilliat 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer et al. 2004, Squires 1984, Squires 1999, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1973
Sister taxa: Acilana, Acutispinula, Anthracoleda, Australoportlandia, Bathyspinula, Calorhadia, Costatoleda, Costelloleda, Dacromya, Ezonuculana, Indonuculana, Ledella, Ledellinae, Litorhadia, Mesosaccella, Multidentata, Nuculana, Nuculana gabbii, Nuculaninae, Orthoyoldia, Phestioidea, Poroleda, Poroledidae, Praeportlandia, Propeleda, Scissuladrana, Spineilo, Veteranellinae, Clidophorus
Subtaxa: 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 taphria Saccella tenellula Saccella uvasana Saccella vagans Saccella vulgaris Saccella westendorpi Sacella atakta
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Costa Rica (3), Ecuador (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (4), New Zealand (1), Panama (3), the Philippines (1), United States (64: California, Florida, Maine, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (12), Ecuador (7), India (1), Jamaica (3), Japan (4), Mexico (2), Panama (18), Trinidad and Tobago (14), United States (15: California, Florida), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (2), Germany (41), Indonesia (1), Japan (13), Mexico (3), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (7), Panama (69), Peru (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Slovakia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (9), United States (27: California, Florida, Oregon, Virginia, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Denmark (4), France (7), Japan (7), Panama (2), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (6), United States (27: California, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Panama (8), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (95: Alabama, California, Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), Belgium (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (37: Alabama, California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 614 collections including 684 occurrences
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