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Crittendenia decidens

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomonotis decidens was named by Bittner (1899).

It was recombined as Claraia decidens by Nakazawa (1953), Nakazawa (1981); it was recombined as Crittendenia decidens by Newell and Boyd (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. langpoensis, C. nammalensis, C. punjabiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Pseudomonotis decidens Bittner
1953Claraia decidens Nakazawa p. 265 figs. Pl 3, figs 8,9
1981Claraia decidens Nakazawa p. 109 figs. Pl 11, figs 9-13
1995Crittendenia decidens Newell and Boyd p. 52 fig. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyPterinopectinoideaNewell 1938
familyClaraiidaeGavrilova 1996
subfamilyClaraiinaeGavrilova 1996
genusCrittendenia
speciesdecidens(Bittner 1899)

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.

†Crittendenia decidens Bittner 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height419.47.5727.925.99.58

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Anisian or 251.90200 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Anhui) Claraia decidens (149194)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Claraia decidens (98559 149109)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Claraia decidens (108560)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Japan (Fukui) Claraia decidens (39973)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Crittendenia decidens (115800)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1India (Kashmir) Claraia decidens (115381)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Japan Claraia decidens (115245)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak) Claraia decidens (203161)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania Crittendenia decidens (161080)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Primorye) Claraia decidens (46900 46901)