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Nuculana (Saccella) fabata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda fabata was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30717, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3752, Simi Hills, which is in a Thanetian coastal siltstone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) fabata by Moore (1983).

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
1925	Leda fabata Nelson p. 404 figs. pl. 49, fig. 1
1983	Nuculana (Saccella) fabata Moore p. A21 figs. Plate 2, figure 39

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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	fabata	()

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) fabata Nelson 1925

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

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Leda fabata (239599)