WoRMS taxon details
Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1832)
866898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:866898)
accepted
Species
Leda jamaicensis A. d'Orbigny, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leda unca A. Gould, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nucula carinata H. C. Lea, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nuculana (Saccella) acuta (Conrad, 1832) · alternative representation
Nuculana (Saccella) axelolssoni Weisbord, 1964 · unaccepted
Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini Weisbord, 1964 · unaccepted
Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nuculana axelolssoni Weisbord, 1964 · unaccepted
Nuculana jamaicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) · unaccepted
Nuculana karlmartini Weisbord, 1964 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832) Conrad, T. A. (1831-1832). <i>American Marine Conchology</i>. Philadelphia:printed for the Author, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-2. [April 1831]; pp.13-28, pl. 3-5. [September 1831]; pp. 29-40, pl. 6-8 [May 1832]; pp. 41-72 and unpaginated index (1 p.), pl. 9-17. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41713
page(s): 32, pl. 6, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 32, pl. 6, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginia
type locality contained in Virginia (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saccella acuta (Conrad, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866898 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leda unca A. Gould, 1862) Gould, A. A. (1862). Descriptions of new genera and species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 8: 280-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492694
page(s): 282. [details]
original description (of Nucula carinata H. C. Lea, 1843 †) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832) Conrad, T. A. (1831-1832). <i>American Marine Conchology</i>. Philadelphia:printed for the Author, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-2. [April 1831]; pp.13-28, pl. 3-5. [September 1831]; pp. 29-40, pl. 6-8 [May 1832]; pp. 41-72 and unpaginated index (1 p.), pl. 9-17. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41713
page(s): 32, pl. 6, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 41, pl. 1, fig. 11-17, pl. 2, fig. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Saccella) axelolssoni Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 5-10 [details]
page(s): 282. [details]
original description (of Nucula carinata H. C. Lea, 1843 †) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832) Conrad, T. A. (1831-1832). <i>American Marine Conchology</i>. Philadelphia:printed for the Author, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-2. [April 1831]; pp.13-28, pl. 3-5. [September 1831]; pp. 29-40, pl. 6-8 [May 1832]; pp. 41-72 and unpaginated index (1 p.), pl. 9-17. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41713
page(s): 32, pl. 6, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Saccella) karlmartini Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 41, pl. 1, fig. 11-17, pl. 2, fig. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Nuculana (Saccella) axelolssoni Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 5-10 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination New combination herein for consistency with status of Nuculana (Saccella). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pointed nutclam [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nuculana jamaicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Malacopics (Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1831) United States, Florida, Bradenton, by dredging, at 3 m... (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Malacopics (Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1831) United States, Florida, Manatee County, Bradenton, by ... (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 843334 Nuculana acuta) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nuculana jamaicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Nucula acuta Conrad, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Malacopics (Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1831) United States, Florida, Bradenton, by dredging, at 3 m... (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To Malacopics (Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1831) United States, Florida, Manatee County, Bradenton, by ... (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 843334 Nuculana acuta) (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832))
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