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Saccella acrita

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda acrita was named by Dall (1908). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Saccella acrita by Woodring (1973).

Subspecies

S. epacra

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana wajampolkana, S. communis, S. miensis, S. panayensis, S. robusta, S. tumida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Leda acrita Dall p. 374
1973	Saccella acrita Woodring p. 492

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
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	Saccella	Woodring 1925
species	acrita	(Dall 1908)

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.

†Saccella acrita Dall 1908

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†Saccella acrita epacra Woodring 1973

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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: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Saccella acrita (145338 145354)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Darien)	Saccella acrita (131199 136993)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Saccella acrita (52170 52174 82121 93051 93145 93146 93159 93160 93161 93162 93163 93164 93171 93172 93173 93174 93175)