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Saccella taphria

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda taphria was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuculana taphria by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Valentine (1956) and Kern (1973); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) taphria by Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983) and Huber (2010); it was recombined as Nuculana (Jupiteria) taphria by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Saccella taphria by Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Leda taphria Dall p. 70
1903Leda taphria Arnold p. 98 figs. Plate XVII, Fig. 5
1931Nuculana taphria Grant, IV and Gale p. 121
1937Leda taphria Willett p. 386
1950Saccella taphria Woodring and Bramlette
1956Nuculana taphria Valentine
1972Nuculana (Saccella) taphria Hertlein and Grant p. 150
1973Nuculana taphria Kern p. 72
1983Nuculana (Saccella) taphria Moore pp. A19 - A20 figs. Plate 2, figures 22, 23
2000Nuculana (Jupiteria) taphria Coan et al. p. 89
2010Nuculana (Saccella) taphria Huber p. 97
2012Saccella taphria Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 74
2021Saccella taphria Hendy

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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
speciestaphria(Dall 1896)

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 taphria Dall 1896
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Nuculana taphria (195120)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333USA (California) Nuculana taphria (97234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Nuculana taphria (97208 97210 97230 97231 97235 97236 97401)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Saccella taphria (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Leda taphria (122281) Nuculana taphria (96908)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Saccella taphria (214264)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Nuculana taphria (200398 200403)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Nuculana taphria (154116)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Leda taphria (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Saccella taphria (189760 189762 189765 189766 189767 207642 207643 207645 207647 207648 207649 207651 207652 207653 207658 207659 207664 207666 207667 207676 207693 207694 207697 207713 207724 214284)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Leda taphria (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Leda taphria (138723 222663 222664 222665 222666 222995) Nuculana taphria (71053 71054 96884 96894 202634 202639 202640 202644 202645 202646 203108 203118 223325 223327)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Leda coelata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Nuculana taphria (67613 67641 67643 67644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Leda taphria (59063 222659 222660 222661 222662) Nuculana taphria (96566 96895 160361 219029 219030 223072)