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Nuculana (Saccella) packardi

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy

Leda packardi was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1558, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California.

It was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) packardi by Moore (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. alferovi, N. amuriensis, N. bathurstensis, N. borsonii, N. calkinsi, N. camelorum, N. castor, N. coelata, N. coloradoensis, N. complanata, N. corbetensis, N. corpulentoides, N. demissa, N. deshayesiana, N. dodona, N. dodsoni, N. duplicarina, N. equilateralis, N. evansi, N. fiski, N. inornata, N. kenyana, N. kittensis, N. minmiensis, N. mutuata, N. saffordana, N. securiformis, N. smirna, N. sulcellata, N. travisana, N. turgeo, N. tyrolensis, N. yunnanensis, N. pennula, N. compalana, N. slodkewitschi, N. parleacllli, N. taioma, N. vadosa, N. carinata, N. elliptica, N. grandensis, N. perdita, N. perlonga, N. yatsushiroensis, N. meriani, N. duplicarina, N. fragilis, N. gnonom, N. nagaoi, N. wajampolkana, Saccella communis, Saccella miensis, Saccella panayensis, Saccella robusta, Saccella tumida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Leda packardi Dickerson p. 123 figs. pl. 7, figs. 3a, 3b
1983	Nuculana (Saccella) packardi Moore p. A21 figs. Plate 2, figure 32

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
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	Nuculana	Woodring 1925
subgenus	Saccella
species	packardi	()

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.

†Nuculana (Saccella) packardi Dickerson 1914

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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Leda packardi (type locality: 190780 190786 190787 190795 190798 190802)