Saccella waihiana

Saccella waihiana is an extinct species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Nuculanidae. Fossils of the species date to late Pliocene strata of the Tangahoe Formation in New Zealand.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species has a height of, length of, and thickness of for a single valve.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1931, who used the name Nuculana waihiana. The current accepted name is Saccella waihiana. The holotype was collected in January 1931 from near the mouth of Waihi Stream near Hāwera, Taranaki, and is held in the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in late Pliocene strata of the Tangahoe Formation, primarily associated with the Taranaki and Manawatū–Whanganui regions of New Zealand. Fossils of the species have been found near Hāwera, South Taranaki.