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Saccella semiteres

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda semiteres was named by Hutton (1877) [TYPE LOCALITY: McCulloch's Bridge, South Island, New Zealand. TYPE REPOSITORY: Otago Museum, New Zealand].

It was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) semiteres by Finlay (1926) and Fleming (1950); it was recombined as Nuculana semiteres by Allan (1926); it was recombined as Saccella semiteres by Hutton (1877), Fleming (1966), Beu and Maxwell (1990), Maxwell (1992).

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
1877	Leda semiteres Hutton
1877	Saccella semiteres Hutton
1915	Leda semiteres Suter p. 47
1926	Nuculana semiteres Allan
1926	Nuculana (Saccella) semiteres Finlay p. 445
1950	Nuculana (Saccella) semiteres Fleming p. 240
1966	Saccella semiteres Fleming p. 16
1990	Saccella semiteres Beu and Maxwell p. 393
1992	Saccella semiteres Maxwell p. 56

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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	semiteres	(Hutton 1877)

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 semiteres Hutton 1877

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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 Bartonian to the top of the Altonian or 41.03000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bortonian	42.6 - 39.1	New Zealand	Nuculana semiteres (64734)
Bortonian	42.6 - 39.1	New Zealand (South Canterbury)	Saccella semiteres (32900)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	New Zealand	Nuculana semiteres (64730)
Kaiatan	39.1 - 36.7	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Saccella semiteres (45036)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Saccella semiteres (45037 45040 45041)
Altonian	18.7 - 15.9	New Zealand	Nuculana semiteres (67897)