original description
(of Leda bellula A. Adams, 1856) Adams, A. (1856). Descriptions of thirty four new species of bivalve Mollusca (<i>Leda, Nucula</i>, and <i>Pythina</i>) from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (1856): 47-53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860573
page(s): 49. [details]
basis of record
Beu A.G. 2006. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent bivalves. <i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 36(4): 151-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2006.9517808 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Saccella bellula of NZ authors = Saccella maxwelli Beu, 2006 [details]