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Saccella elenensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda elenensis was named by Sowerby I (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Jupiteria) elenensis by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Saccella elenensis by Hendy (2021).

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

Synonyms

Leda acapulcensis was named by Pilsbry and Lowe (1932) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Saccella acapulcensis by Woodring (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Nuculana (Jupiteria) elenensis by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1833	Leda elenensis Sowerby I p. 198
1932	Leda acapulcensis Pilsbry and Lowe
1973	Saccella acapulcensis Woodring p. 492
2000	Nuculana (Jupiteria) elenensis Coan et al. p. 88
2021	Saccella elenensis Hendy

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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	elenensis	(Sowerby I 1833)

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 elenensis Sowerby I 1833

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Invalid names: Leda acapulcensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]

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, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Ecuador (Manabi)	Nuculana elenensis (48664)