Saccella Explained

Saccella is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Nuculanidae.^[1]

Species

• Saccella acapulcensis (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
• † Saccella acinaciformis (Tate, 1886)
• Saccella acrita (Dall, 1908)
• † Saccella andrewi (Marwick, 1931)
• Saccella approximans (Prashad, 1932)
• † Saccella arowhana (Marwick, 1931)
• Saccella bathybia (Prashad, 1932)
• Saccella bellula (A. Adams, 1856)
• Saccella brookei (Hanley, 1860)
• Saccella caloundra (Iredale, 1929)
• Saccella cellulita (Dall, 1896)
• Saccella comita (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
• Saccella commutata (Philippi, 1844)
• Saccella confusa (Hanley, 1860)
• Saccella corbuloides (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Saccella costulata (Deshayes, 1858)
• Saccella crassa (Hinds, 1843)
• Saccella cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Saccella cygnea (Thiele, 1931)
• Saccella darwini (E. A. Smith, 1884)
• Saccella discrepans (Prashad, 1932)
• † Saccella duplicarina (Laws, 1939)
• Saccella eburnea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Saccella electilis (Hedley, 1915)
• Saccella elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• † Saccella expansa (Staadt, 1913)
• † Saccella falcigera Marwick, 1965
• Saccella fastigata (Keen, 1958)
• † Saccella galeottiana (Nyst, 1845)
• Saccella gordonis (Yokoyama, 1920)
• Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
• Saccella hindsii (Hanley, 1860)
• Saccella illirica (Carrozza, 1987)
• Saccella impar (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
• Saccella irradiata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Saccella laeviradius (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
• Saccella larranagai (Klappenbach & Scarabino, 1969)
• Saccella mauritiana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
• Saccella maxwelli Beu, 2006
• Saccella micans (Hanley, 1860)
• † Saccella motutaraensis (Powell, 1935)
• Saccella novaeguineensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Saccella onairoensis (Marwick, 1926)
• † Saccella pahiensis (C. A. Fleming, 1950)
• Saccella penderi (Dall & Bartsch, 1910)
• † Saccella probellula (Marwick, 1929)
• † Saccella redunca (Dell, 1950)
• Saccella robsoni (Prashad, 1932)
• † Saccella ruellensis (Glibert & van de Poel, 1965)
• Saccella sematensis (Suzuki & Ishizuka, 1943)
• † Saccella semiteres (Hutton, 1877)
• Saccella sibogai (Prashad, 1932)
• † Saccella striata (Lamarck, 1805)
• Saccella takaoensis (Otsuka, 1936)
• Saccella taphria (Dall, 1897)
• Saccella tashiensis (T. C. Lan & Y.-C. Lee, 2001)
• † Saccella tenellula (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
• † Saccella tumidula (Cossmann, 1886)
• Saccella ventricosa (Hinds, 1843)
• Saccella verconis (Tate, 1891)
• Saccella verrilliana (Dall, 1886)
• Saccella vitrea (d'Orbigny, 1853)
• Saccella vulgaris (A. P. Brown & Pilsbry, 1913)
• † Saccella waihiana (Powell, 1931)
• † Saccella waikohuensis (Marwick, 1931)
• Saccella watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Saccella webbi Marwick, 1965

Synonyms:

• Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1831): synonym of Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1831)
• Saccella agapea (Dall, 1908): synonym of Jupiteria agapea (Dall, 1908)
• Saccella concentrica (Say, 1824): synonym of Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
• Saccella dohrni (Hanley, 1861): synonym of Nuculana dohrni (Hanley, 1861)
• Saccella pontonia (Dall, 1890): synonym of Jupiteria pontonia (Dall, 1890)
• Saccella soyoae Habe, 1958: synonym of Nuculana husamaru Nomura, 1940

References

• Woodring W.P. (1925). Miocene Mollusca from Bowden Jamaica, pelecypods and scaphopods. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 366 : 1-564, pl. 1-40.
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp

External links

• Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189
• Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. Molluscan Research. 33(1): 40-49
• La Perna R. (2008). Revision of the Nuculanidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia) from the Cerulli Irelli collection (Mediterranean, Pleistocene). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 46(2-3): 125-137

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Saccella Woodring, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236687 on 2022-04-27