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Saccella vagans

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda vagans was named by Tate (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Saccella vagans by Darragh (1970).

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

Synonyms

Leda lucida was named by Tenison Woods (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was replaced with Leda vagans by Tate (1887).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1879	Leda lucida Tenison Woods p. 3 figs. fig. 5
1886	Leda lucida Tate p. 131
1887	Leda vagans Tate p. 188
1970	Saccella vagans Darragh p. 150

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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	vagans	()

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 vagans Tate 1887

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Invalid names: Leda lucida Tenison Woods 1879 [replaced]

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

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (Victoria)	Leda lucida (72206)