Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Nuculanidae > Subfamily Nuculaninae > Genus Saccella

Saccella commutata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saccella*	Woodring, 1925	accepted genus name
*Leda (Saccella)*	Woodring, 1925	synonym
*Nuculana (Saccella)*	Woodring, 1925	synonym

Species group names

*Arca fragilis*	Chemnitz, 1784	synonym
*Jupiteria commutata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Leda commutata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Leda commutata var. consanguinea*	Bellardi, 1875	synonym
*Lembulus deltoideus*	(Lamarck, 1805) sensu Risso, 1826	synonym
*Lembulus sulculatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym; nom. dub.
*Nucula commutata*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Nuculana commutata*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Schiaparelli, S. (2008). Bivalvia. In: Relini G. (ed), Checklist della flora e della fauna dei mari italiani. Parte I. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 15 (Suppl. 1): 296-314.
new combination reference	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.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saccella commutata (R. A. Philippi, 1844). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236688