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Saccella

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Saccella was named by Woodring (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 991]. It is extant.

It was misspelled as Sacella by Gardner (1945), Woodring (1973), Vokes (1980), Maxwell (1992), Perrilliat (1992), Todd (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Spencer et al. (2004) and Beu (2006); it was reranked as Nuculana (Saccella) by Marwick (1931), Mansfield (1940), Eames (1951), DuBar (1958), Jung (1965), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Moore (1983), Squires (1984), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Squires (1999), Mandic et al. (2002), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003) and Huber (2010).

It was assigned to Nuculanacea by Squires (1984); to Nuculaninae by Maxwell (1992); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nuculanidae by Gardner (1945), Woodring (1973), Vokes (1980), Perrilliat (1992), Todd (2001), Spencer et al. (2004) and Beu (2006); and to Nuculana by Marwick (1931), Mansfield (1940), Eames (1951), DuBar (1958), Jung (1965), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Moore (1983), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Squires (1999), Mandic et al. (2002), Kafanov and Ogasawara (2003) and Huber (2010).

Species
Nuculana (Saccella) alaeformis, Nuculana (Saccella) andrewi, Nuculana (Saccella) arowhana, Nuculana (Saccella) bolivarensis, Nuculana (Saccella) cahillensis, Nuculana (Saccella) chaneyi, Nuculana (Saccella) chehalisensis, Nuculana (Saccella) costulata, Nuculana (Saccella) crassatelloides, Nuculana (Saccella) denominata (syn. Leda milleri), Nuculana (Saccella) fabata, Nuculana (Saccella) furlongi, Nuculana (Saccella) gabbii (syn. Leda vaderensis, Leda vogdesi), Nuculana (Saccella) galeottiana, Nuculana (Saccella) gnomon, Nuculana (Saccella) gracillima, Nuculana (Saccella) hamata, Nuculana (Saccella) hondana, Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini, Nuculana (Saccella) markleyensis, Nuculana (Saccella) merriami, Nuculana (Saccella) nolfi, Nuculana (Saccella) ochsneri, Nuculana (Saccella) packardi, Nuculana (Saccella) pakistanica, Nuculana (Saccella) parva, Nuculana (Saccella) pseudoscissurata, Nuculana (Saccella) pulchrisinuosa, Nuculana (Saccella) punjabensis, Nuculana (Saccella) rakhiensis, Nuculana (Saccella) ramonensis, Nuculana (Saccella) semibistriata, Nuculana (Saccella) silvestris, Nuculana (Saccella) soriensis, Nuculana (Saccella) striata, Nuculana (Saccella) taylorensis, Nuculana (Saccella) umboniinflata, Nuculana (Saccella) waikohuensis, Nuculana (Saccella) washingtonensis, S. acrita, S. acuminata, S. acuticauda, S. amelga, S. balboae, S. calkinsi, S. canonica, S. catasarca, S. charanica, S. chiriquiana, S. davidana, S. davilae, S. eburnea, S. elenensis (syn. Leda acapulcensis), S. fabalis, S. fastigata, S. fontinalis, S. hindsii, S. hokkaidoensis, S. incognita, S. laeviradius, S. maxwelli, S. miradorana, S. orcutti, S. ornata, S. packardi, S. parva, S. peltella, S. peruviana, S. phlyctaena, S. quercollis, S. semiteres, S. subcerata, S. taphria, S. tenellula, S. uvasana, S. vagans (syn. Leda lucida), S. vulgaris (syn. Leda obliterata), S. westendorpi (syn. Nuculana gracilis), Sacella atakta
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
YearName and author
1925Saccella Woodring p. 166
1931Nuculana (Saccella) Marwick p. 51
1940Nuculana (Saccella) Mansfield p. 173
1945Sacella Gardner p. 48
1951Nuculana (Saccella) Eames p. 322
1958Nuculana (Saccella) DuBar p. 153
1965Nuculana (Saccella) Jung p. 414
1972Nuculana (Saccella) Hertlein and Grant p. 149
1973Saccella Woodring p. 491
1976Nuculana (Saccella) Givens and Kennedy p. 973
1980Saccella Vokes p. 7
1983Nuculana (Saccella) Moore p. A15
1984Nuculana (Saccella) Squires p. 41
1986Nuculana (Saccella) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
1992Saccella Maxwell p. 56
1992Saccella Perrilliat p. 5
1999Nuculana (Saccella) Squires p. 23
2001Saccella Todd
2002Nuculana (Saccella) Mandic et al. p. 300
2002Saccella Sepkoski
2003Nuculana (Saccella) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 50
2004Saccella Spencer et al.
2006Saccella Beu p. 166
2010Nuculana (Saccella) Huber p. 96

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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

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.

G. Saccella Woodring 1925
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†Nuculana (Saccella) bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Leda milleri Dickerson 1914 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Leda vaderensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym], Leda vogdesi Anderson and Hanna 1925 [synonym]
†Nuculana (Saccella) merriami Dickerson 1917
†Nuculana (Saccella) nolfi Glibert 1985
†Nuculana (Saccella) ochsneri Anderson and Martin 1914
†Nuculana (Saccella) packardi Dickerson 1914
†Nuculana ochsneri elmana Etherington 1931
†Saccella acrita Dall 1908
†Saccella acrita epacra Woodring 1973
†Saccella acuminata von Buch 1845
†Saccella acuticauda Pritchard 1901
†Saccella amelga Moore 1963
†Saccella balboae Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Saccella calkinsi Moore 1963
†Saccella canonica Dall 1890
†Saccella charanica Olsson 1931
†Saccella chiriquiana Olsson 1942
†Saccella davidana Olsson 1942
†Saccella davilae Olsson 1922
Saccella eburnea Sowerby 1833
Saccella elenensis Sowerby I 1833
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Invalid names: Leda acapulcensis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
†Saccella fabalis Olsson 1964
†Saccella fontinalis Pritchard 1901
Saccella hindsii Hanley 1860
†Saccella hokkaidoensis Oyama and Mizuno 1958
†Saccella incognita Guppy 1867
Saccella laeviradius Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
†Saccella miradorana Olsson 1931
†Saccella orcutti Arnold 1908
Saccella ornata d'Orbigny 1845
†Saccella packardi Forbes 1848
†Saccella parva Rogers and Rogers 1837
†Saccella peltella Dall 1903
†Saccella peruviana Dall 1895
†Saccella phlyctaena Woodring 1973
†Saccella quercollis Harris 1896
†Saccella semiteres Hutton 1877
†Saccella subcerata Woodring 1925
Saccella taphria Dall 1896
†Saccella tenellula Bartrum and Powell 1928
†Saccella uvasana Dickerson 1915
†Saccella vagans Tate 1887
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Invalid names: Leda lucida Tenison Woods 1879 [replaced]
†Saccella vulgaris Brown and Pilsbry 1913
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Invalid names: Leda obliterata Brown and Pilsbry 1913 [synonym]
†Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839
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Invalid names: Nuculana gracilis Deshayes 1860 [synonym]
Sacella atakta Gardner 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height54.643.006.005.001.30

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
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 533. LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DU according to Todd (2001).g
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (617 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) S. tumida (74030)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) S. tumida (74171)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Leda gabbi, Leda alaeformis (193035)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium S. houzeaui (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) S. sp. (5585 5588 5589 5590 5591 5592 5595 84468 98823)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) S. tumida (73911 73974 73976 74049)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Leda parva, Leda quercollis (35081)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nuculana devjatilovae, Nuculana volobuevi, Nuculana gabbii, Nuculana alaeformis (49981) Nuculana gabbii, Nuculana alaeformis, Nuculana uvasana (50039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Leda alaeformis (190783 190796) Leda gabbi (190770 190771 190777 190779 190792 190800) Leda gabbi, Leda alaeformis, Leda packardi (190795 190798) Leda gabbi, Leda milleri (190778) Leda gabbi, Leda packardi (190780 190786) Leda packardi (190787 190802)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nuculana gabbii (50137) Nuculana pergamenti (50177)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) S. quercollis (86172 86173 86174 86175 90607 90608)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Leda gabbi (215686)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand Nuculana sp. (64704)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Nuculana gabbii (185193) S. alaeformis (52613) S. gabbii, S. alaeformis (52612)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. robusta (90818)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) S. semibistriata (101938)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Leda gabbi (52419 52420 52422 52428 52429 52430 52431 52434 122337) Nuculana gabbii (122656 207305 207307 207308 207315) Nuculana hondana (122294)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) S. parva (91123 101314)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Nuculana striata, Nuculana galeottiana, Nuculana nolfi (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) S. robusta (89872 90028 90029 90030)