Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combination: Crassatellites uvasana

Synonyms: Astarte semidentata Cooper 1894, Crassatella alta Conrad 1855, Crassatella grandis Gabb 1864, Crassatella uvasana semidentata Cooper 1894, Crassatellites altus Conrad 1855, Crassatellites grandis Gabb 1864, Crassatellites semidentata Cooper 1894

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21

Belongs to Crassatella according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Arnold and Hannibal 1913, Conrad 1855, Cooper 1894, Dickerson 1915, Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Hanna 1927, Harris 1919, Keen and Bentson 1944, Moore 2003, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stewart 1930, Turner 1938, Vokes 1939, Waring 1917 and Weaver 1942

Sister taxa: Crassatella (Crassatella), Crassatella (Landinia), Crassatella antestriata, Crassatella aquiana, Crassatella arcacea, Crassatella astartiformis, Crassatella austriaca, Crassatella baudeti, Crassatella bosquetiana, Crassatella branneri, Crassatella carcarensis, Crassatella carmanahensis, Crassatella carolinensis, Crassatella caudata, Crassatella chargensis, Crassatella chiesai, Crassatella clarkensis, Crassatella claytonensis, Crassatella collina, Crassatella compacta, Crassatella compressa, Crassatella conradiana, Crassatella corioensis, Crassatella corrugata, Crassatella cowlitzensis, Crassatella cygnea, Crassatella dalli, Crassatella dennanti, Crassatella dennati, Crassatella densus, Crassatella desioi, Crassatella desmaresti, Crassatella desvauxi, Crassatella elongata, Crassatella eutawcolens, Crassatella flexura, Crassatella fusca, Crassatella gamma, Crassatella haughtoni, Crassatella hauniensis, Crassatella hodgei, Crassatella kalitensis, Crassatella kroisbachensis, Crassatella lillisi, Crassatella lincolnensis, Crassatella lomana, Crassatella longior, Crassatella macrodonta, Crassatella manzourensis, Crassatella marrotiana, Crassatella meganosensis, Crassatella mercedensis, Crassatella merriami, Crassatella mulates, Crassatella neorhynchus, Crassatella numidica, Crassatella oenana, Crassatella patagonica, Crassatella pedroi, Crassatella perrini, Crassatella plumbea, Crassatella portelli, Crassatella radiata, Crassatella rafaeli, Crassatella rhomboidea, Crassatella rothii, Crassatella saulae, Crassatella scutellaria, Crassatella stewartvillensis, Crassatella stillwaterensis, Crassatella studleyi, Crassatella sulcata, Crassatella symmetrica, Crassatella texalta, Crassatella trapaquara, Crassatella tumidula, Crassatella unioides, Crassatella vadosa, Crassatella washingtoniana, Crassatella weaveri, Crassatella willcoxi, Crassatellites neusensis, Crassatellites inconspicuus, Crassatellites negreetensis, Crassatellites paramesus, Crassatellites exiguus, Crassatellites camurus, Crassatellites yabei, Crassatellites brainerdi, Crassatellites matsuraensis, Crassatellites maroimensis, Crassatellites (Crassatellites), Crassatellites iheringi, Crassatellites asakuraensis, Crassatellites berryi, Crassatellites texana

Subtaxa: Crassatella uvasana mathewsonii

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Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (71: Alabama, California, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington collections)

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (7: California)

Total: 79 collections including 81 occurrences

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