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Saccella peltella

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda peltella was named by Dall (1903).

It was recombined as Saccella peltella by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Leda peltella Dall p. 579
1917Leda peltella Maury p. 325
2008Saccella peltella Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusSaccellaWoodring 1925
speciespeltella(Dall 1903)

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 peltella Dall 1903
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Leda peltella (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Leda peltella (58824 58869)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Saccella peltella (75037)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Nuculana peltella (58522) Saccella peltella (69094)