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Crassatella unioides

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy

Crassatella unioides was named by Stanton (1896).

It was recombined as Crassatellites unioides by Dickerson (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. brandmayri, C. chilena, C. eutawacolens, C. exalta, C. excelsa, C. incurva, C. inglisia, C. ioannes, C. montensis, C. pauxilla, C. sinuosa, C. jamaicensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1896	Crassatella unioides Stanton p. 1041 figs. Pl. LXV, figs. 1 and 2
1914	Crassatellites unioides Dickerson pp. 73 - 74
2003	Crassatella unioides Moore

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Crassatellidae	Férussac 1822
subfamily	Crassatellinae	Férussac 1822
genus	Crassatella	Lamarck 1799
species	unioides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Crassatella unioides Stanton 1896

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

shallow infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-08-17 20:25:42

Modified:

2018-02-27 08:17:28

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Lutetian or 61.60000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Crassatellites unioides (190776 190780 190781 190784 190786 190788 190790)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (California)	Crassatellites unioides (184016)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (California)	Crassatella unioides (52602 52603 214289) Crassatellites unioides (205393)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (California)	Crassatellites unioides (211023)