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Cassianella ampezzana

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae

Taxonomy

Cassianella ampezzana was named by Bittner (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ogilvie coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. dussaulti, C. jindingensis, C. tulongensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Cassianella ampezzana Bittner
1912	Cassianella ampezzana Frech

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Cassianellidae	Ichikawa 1958
genus	Cassianella	Beyrich 1862
species	ampezzana

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 ampezzana 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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Julian or 247.20000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Illyrian	247.2 - 242.0	Hungary (Bakony)	Cassianella ampezzana (203242)
Julian	235.0 - 232.0	Italy	Cassianella ampezzana (34692 69661 69669 69670 69672 69674 69675 69679 69684 69685 69686 69687 type locality: 138262 144634)