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Saccella balboae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda balboae was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

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
1911	Leda balboae Brown and Pilsbry p. 362 figs. pl. 27, fig. 8
1922	Leda balboae Olsson p. 173
1973	Saccella balboae Woodring p. 493

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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	balboae	()

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 balboae Brown and Pilsbry 1911

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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Panama	Saccella balboae (42625 42630 93040)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Panama	Saccella balboae (42614)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Panama	Saccella balboae (52173)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Leda balboae (134661) Saccella balboae (52169 52171 52174 93051 93052 93057 93058 93059 93060 93061 93062 93145 93146 93147 93172 93173 93174 93222)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Saccella balboae (145250 145251 145335 145357)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Costa Rica	Leda balboae (134655)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Leda balboae (134660 134675)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Leda balboae (134652)