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Saccella pennula

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Saccella pennula is a species in the family Nuculanidae, order Nuculanida.

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Quick facts about Saccella pennula

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Saccella pennula live?

Not recorded

Is Saccella pennula endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Saccella pennula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderNuculanida
  5. familyNuculanidae
  6. genusSaccella
  7. SpeciesSaccella pennula (Yokoyama, 1925)

Synonyms Leda pennula, Nuculana pennula

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Saccella pennula

Other species in the same genus Saccella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Saccella pennula?

Saccella pennula (Saccella pennula) belongs to the family Nuculanidae in the order Nuculanida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Saccella pennula (Saccella pennula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/saccella-pennula

MLA

“Saccella pennula (Saccella pennula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/saccella-pennula.

BibTeX
@misc{saccella_pennula_2026,
  title = {Saccella pennula (Saccella pennula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saccella-pennula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}