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Crassatella claytonensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy

Crassatellites claytonensis was named by Dickerson (1914). Its type specimen is UCMP 11670 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1558, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California.

It was recombined as Crassatella claytonensis by Moore (2003) and Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. brandmayri, C. chilena, C. eutawacolens, C. exalta, C. excelsa, C. incurva, C. inglisia, C. ioannes, C. montensis, C. pauxilla, C. sinuosa, C. jamaicensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Crassatellites claytonensis Dickerson p. 131 figs. plate 10, fig. 4a, 4b
2003	Crassatella claytonensis Moore
2020	Crassatella claytonensis Hendy

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Crassatellidae	Férussac 1822
subfamily	Crassatellinae	Férussac 1822
genus	Crassatella	Lamarck 1799
species	claytonensis	()

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.

†Crassatella claytonensis Dickerson 1914

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

shallow infaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-08-17 20:25:42

Modified:

2018-02-27 08:17:28

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily

References: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	Crassatellites claytonensis (190777 type locality: 190780)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (California)	Crassatella claytonensis (52615)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (California)	Crassatella claytonensis (52614)