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Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nucula galeottiana was named by Nyst (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Leda (Lembulus) galeottiana by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Leda galeottiana by Glibert (1933); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana by Glibert and van de Poel (1965), Glibert (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. alferovi, N. amuriensis, N. bathurstensis, N. borsonii, N. calkinsi, N. camelorum, N. castor, N. coelata, N. coloradoensis, N. complanata, N. corbetensis, N. corpulentoides, N. demissa, N. deshayesiana, N. dodona, N. dodsoni, N. duplicarina, N. equilateralis, N. evansi, N. fiski, N. inornata, N. kenyana, N. kittensis, N. minmiensis, N. mutuata, N. saffordana, N. securiformis, N. smirna, N. sulcellata, N. travisana, N. turgeo, N. tyrolensis, N. yunnanensis, N. pennula, N. compalana, N. slodkewitschi, N. parleacllli, N. taioma, N. turgeo, N. vadosa, N. smithvillensis, N. carinata, N. elliptica, N. perdita, N. perlonga, N. yatsushiroensis, N. meriani, N. duplicarina, N. fragilis, N. gnonom, N. nagaoi, N. wajampolkana, Saccella communis, Saccella miensis, Saccella panayensis, Saccella robusta, Saccella tumida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Nucula galeottiana Nyst
1904	Leda (Lembulus) galeottiana Cossmann and Pissarro
1933	Leda galeottiana Glibert p. 116
1965	Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Glibert and van de Poel p. 21
1985	Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Glibert p. 266

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Nuculanidae	Adams and Adams 1858
genus	Nuculana	Woodring 1925
subgenus	Saccella
species	galeottiana	(Nyst 1843)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana Nyst 1843

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

shallow infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:24:17

Modified:

2009-10-11 13:02:28

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Belgium	Nuculana galeottiana (77608)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	56.0 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Nuculana galeottiana (3258)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Belgium	Nucula galeottiana (77613) Nuculana galeottiana (77611 77612)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Saccella galeottiana (8124)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Netherlands	Nuculana galeottiana (3718)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Varna)	Leda galeottiana (102229)