WoRMS taxon details
Saccella taphria (Dall, 1897)
600467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600467)
accepted
Species
Leda caelata (Hinds, 1843) · unaccepted
Leda taphria Dall, 1897 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nucula caelata Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Nucula...)
invalid: junior homonym of Nucula coelata Conrad, 1833; Leda taphria is a replacement name
Nuculana (Saccella) taphria (Dall, 1897) · unaccepted
Nuculana taphria (Dall, 1897) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Leda taphria Dall, 1897) Dall, W. H. (1897). Notice of some new or interesting species of shells from British Columbia and the adjacent region. <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Society of British Columbia.</em> 2 (1): 1-18, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 6, 8 [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 6, 8 [details]
Note USA, off California coast
Type locality USA, off California coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saccella taphria (Dall, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600467 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leda taphria Dall, 1897) Dall, W. H. (1897). Notice of some new or interesting species of shells from British Columbia and the adjacent region. <em>Bulletin of the Natural History Society of British Columbia.</em> 2 (1): 1-18, pl. 1-2.
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 6, 8 [details]
original description (of Nucula caelata Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Nucula</i>, from the collections of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 97–101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680075
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 6, 8 [details]
original description (of Nucula caelata Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new species of <i>Nucula</i>, from the collections of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., and Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 97–101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680075
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record 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. [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, off California coast [details]