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Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) mediamericana

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Crassatellites mediamericanus was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1913) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Lectotype used.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3498, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) mediamericana by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Crassatellites mediamericanus Brown and Pilsbry p. 515 figs. pl. 25, figs. 3-5
1982Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) mediamericana Woodring p. 633

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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
genusEucrassatellaIredale 1924
subgenusEucrassatellaIredale 1924
speciesmediamericana()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-06 16:16:44
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:37:43
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Eucrassatella mediamericana (42629 93039)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Eucrassatella mediamericana (49493)