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Crenella

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Crenella Brown p. 75
1833Hippagus Lea
1850Hippagus Wood p. 149
1904Crenella Glenn p. 364
1928Crenella Nagao p. 46
1944Crenella Durham p. 140
1972Crenella Hertlein and Grant p. 170
1976Crenella Moore p. 45
1980Crenella Vokes p. 24
1982Crenella Dockery p. 39
1983Crenella Moore p. A71
1987Crenella Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1998Crenella Stilwell p. 35
2001Crenella Todd
2002Crenella Sepkoski
2004Crenella Spencer et al.
2006Crenella Mikkelsen
2010Crenella Bouchet et al.
2023Crenella Hickman p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyCrenellidaeGray 1840
genusCrenellaBrown 1827

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.

G. Crenella Brown 1827
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Crenella cocentrica Gabb 1864
Crenella decussata Montagu 1808
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Invalid names: Crenella divaricata d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym], Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862
Crenella elliptica Brown 1827
Crenella fenestra Dockery 1982
Crenella glandula Totten 1834
Crenella gubernatoria Glenn 1904
Crenella inflata Muller 1847
Crenella inflata Carpenter 1864
Crenella kannoi Marincovich, Jr. 1993
Crenella latifrons Conrad 1860
Crenella maylandensis Russell and Landes 1937
Crenella porterensis Weaver 1916
Crenella santana Cooper 1894
Crenella serica Conrad 1860
Crenella subfornicata Nagao 1928
Crenella virida Glenn 1904
Crenella washingtonensis Weaver 1916
Invalid names: Hippagus Lea 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-08-18 17:41:44
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:41:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma

Collections (420 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) C. bella (235315)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) C. bella, C. orbicularis (6280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Kumamoto) C. gyliakina (39638)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. subcircularis (6604)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Ishikari) C. gyliakina (39578)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Ishikari) C. gyliakina (39577)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Kumamoto) C. gyliakina (40211)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) C. sp. (101382)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) C. mitchelli (7625 7626 7627) C. sp. (87677)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) C. sp. (3642)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) C. sp. (101408 101409)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) C. serica (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. sp. (7502)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) C. elegantula, C. serica (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. serica (6156)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) C. elegantula (82638 82641)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) C. sp. (162249)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) C. maylandensis (82681)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. elegantula (4593) C. elegantula, C. serica (1297 1299 1301 1393 1394) C. serica (1296 1298 1300 1392 1395 205408 205510) C. sp. (7570 205446 205541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. elegantula, C. serica (1303 1305 1391) C. serica (1304)