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Saccella elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) 
AphiaID: 600470

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Protobranchia (Subclass) > Nuculanoida (Order) > Nuculanoidea (Superfamily) > Nuculanidae (Family) > Nuculaninae (Subfamily) > Saccella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Saccella Woodring, 1925
Synonymised
taxa		  Leda bicostata G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
 Leda elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
 Leda elenensis var. gibbosa Hanley, 1860 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Leda gibbosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833))
 Leda elenensis var. media Hanley, 1860
 Leda elenensis var. pyriformis Hanley, 1860
 Nucula crispa Hinds, 1843
 Nucula elenensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 (original combination)
 Nucula excavata Hinds, 1843 (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula excavata Goldfuss, 1837)
 Nuculana elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
Sources  redescription: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Coan E.V. & Kabat A.R. (2012) The malacological works and taxa of Sylvanius Hanley (1819-1899). Malacologia 55(2): 285-359. [details] [view taxon]

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Saccella elenensis
Saccella elenensis
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600470
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2012-06-20 18:09:29Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Saccella elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600470 on 2013-05-18
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