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Saccella maxwelli

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Saccella maxwelli was named by Beu (2006). It is extant. Its type specimen is NMNZ M.180819, a shell.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) maxwelli by Huber (2010).

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
2006	Saccella maxwelli Beu pp. 166-168 figs. fig. 4-5
2010	Nuculana (Saccella) maxwelli Huber p. 97

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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	maxwelli

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 maxwelli Beu 2006

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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, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Castlecliffian or 1.63000 to 0.34000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Castlecliffian	1.63 - 0.34	New Zealand	Saccella maxwelli (89043)