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Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Crassatella mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30664, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Crassatellites mississippiensis by Conrad (1850), Dall (1916), Richards (1943); it was recombined as Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aequalis, C. africana, C. aperta, C. bellovacensis, C. boncevi, C. bosqueti, C. brandmayri, C. carcaensis, C. carcarensis, C. carcarensis, C. carolinana, C. chaillolensis, C. chatfieldensis, C. chilena, C. ciplyensis, C. compressirostrea, C. conradi, C. dainellii, C. deformis, C. depressa, C. desensis, C. deshayesiana, C. dilatata, C. distincta, C. djakovi, C. eutawacolens, C. evansi, C. exalta, C. excelsa, C. faxensis, C. foveolata, C. franzeseii, C. fruscogorensis, C. gabbi, C. gigantea, C. grignonensis, C. groenwalli, C. haskoviensis, C. hemileia, C. incurva, C. inglisia, C. inquirenda, C. ioannes, C. jousseaumi, C. kaiseri, C. kokeni, C. krachi, C. krumbecki, C. littoralis, C. maruejoli, C. montensis, C. negreetensis, C. neusensis, C. newkirkensis, C. nilotica, C. normaniana, C. obliquata, C. oblongata, C. ocordia, C. parva, C. pauxilla, C. pirovanoi, C. planiuscula, C. pleshakovi, C. plicata, C. porcus, C. protracta, C. protracta, C. pugetensis, C. pyrenaica, C. quaasii, C. quinlanensis, C. radiatus, C. regularis, C. rhombea, C. roodensis, C. rossii, C. sanchezi, C. schaurothi, C. schoonoverae, C. seccoi, C. semilaevis, C. sforzai, C. sinuosa, C. slavonica, C. sowerbyi, C. subgibbosula, C. subsulcata, C. tenuistriata, C. tenuisulcata, C. thallavignesi, C. transversus, C. trapoquara, C. trigonata, C. trigonula, C. tumidum, C. ustjurtensis, C. uvasana, C. uvasana, C. vadosa bexarensis, C. vadosa cedarensis, C. vadosa chatfieldensis, C. vadosa manorensis, C. wasana, C. washingtonensis, C. wemmelensis, C. wilcoxi, C. woodi, C. yabei, C. gigantica, C. jamaicensis, C. negreetensis, C. subrotunda, C. oblongata, C. pauxilla, C. ustjurtensis, C. tenuicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Crassatella mississippiensis Conrad p. 291
1850Crassatellites mississippiensis Conrad p. 122 figs. pl. 13, figs. 7, 10
1916Crassatellites mississippiensis Dall p. 496
1943Crassatellites mississippiensis Richards p. 520
1982Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis Dockery p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
subfamilyCrassatellinaeFérussac 1822
genusCrassatellaLamarck 1799
subgenusCrassatellaLamarck 1799
speciesmississippiensis()

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available