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Saccella chiriquiana

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana was named by Olsson (1942). Its type specimen is PRI 4080, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charco Azul [Charco Azul Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore shale in the Charco Azul Formation of Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Saccella chiriquiana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Nucula westendorpi, Nuculana acutisinuata, Nuculana axelolssoni, Nuculana biali, Nuculana demissa, Nuculana devjatilovae, Nuculana duplicarina, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana fragilis, Nuculana gnonom, Nuculana houzeaui, Nuculana inaequirugata, Nuculana indigena, Nuculana karlmartini, Nuculana khandasensis, Nuculana ludificans, Nuculana marella, Nuculana minoensis, Nuculana nagaoi, Nuculana penderoides, Nuculana pergamenti, Nuculana perlepida, Nuculana planiuscula, Nuculana praefurlongi, Nuculana sinelnikovae, Nuculana snatolensis, Nuculana striata, Nuculana uvuchensis, Nuculana ventricosa, Nuculana volobuevi, Nuculana wajampolkana, S. atakta, S. chapmani, S. communis, S. commutata, S. concentrica, S. confusa, S. confusa, S. confusa, S. duplicarina, S. forcuti, S. gordonis, S. indigena, S. marella, S. miensis, S. minuta, S. nagaoi, S. panayensis, S. pernula, S. polychoa, S. pueyrredona, S. robusta, S. saikaiensis, S. sematensis, S. trochilia, S. tumida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1942	Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana Olsson
1964	Nuculana (Jupiteria) chiriquiana Olsson p. 21
2008	Saccella chiriquiana Hendy et al.

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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	chiriquiana	()

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 chiriquiana Olsson 1942

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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: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador (Manabi)	Nuculana chiriquiana (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador	Nuculana chiriquiana (131293)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Nuculana chiriquiana (type locality: 66790)