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Cassianella beyrichii

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae

Taxonomy
Cassianella beyrichii was named by Bittner (1895). It is not extant. Its type locality is St. Cassian (K.K. Geol Reichsanstalt coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cassianella beyrichii Bittner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyCassianellidaeIchikawa 1958
genusCassianellaBeyrich 1862
speciesbeyrichii

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.

Cassianella beyrichii Bittner 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 06:02:23
Modified: 2007-10-05 08:02:23
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Julian or 239.48000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) Cassianella beyrichi (44953)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Cassianella beyrichii (34692 69661 69666 69668 69670 69674 69675 69676 69677 69679 69680 69684 69687 69688 type locality: 144634)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria Cassianella beyrichi (201957 201958)