Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combinations: Crassatella (Landinia) vadosus, Crassatellites vadosus, Uddenia vadosus

Synonyms: Crassatella lintea Conrad 1860, Crassatella ripleyana Conrad 1858, Crassatella subplana Conrad 1853, Crassatellites carolinana Stephenson 1927, Crassatellites linteus Conrad 1860, Uddenia fragilis Harbison 1945

Belongs to Crassatella according to G. L. Wingard 1993

See also Kosnik 2002

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 uvasana, 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 vadosa vadosa

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Type specimens:

  • Crassatella vadosa: ANSP 19593, a shell
  • Crassatella lintea: ANSP 18741.
  • Crassatella ripleyana: ANSP 18743, a shell.
  • Crassatella subplana: ANSP 18735, a shell.
  • Crassatellites carolinana:
  • Uddenia fragilis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (6 collections), Germany (2), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), Mexico (1), United States (223: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 235 collections including 236 occurrences

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