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Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy

Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus was named by Dall (1900). Its type specimen is USNM 114607 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. adamsii, C. alta, C. australis, C. bronni, C. compacta, C. gabbi, C. grignonensis, C. indentata, C. littoralis, C. loebbeckei, C. marylandica, C. mathewsoni, C. mathewsonii, C. melinus, C. mississippiensis, C. nagahamai, C. nipponensis, C. nipponicus, C. parmeseus, C. parmesus, C. pumilio, C. radiatus, C. reevei, C. reevei, C. salsensis, C. sepulcollis, C. subgibbosus, C. subquadratus, C. sulcatus, C. takanabensis, C. tanicus, C. texanus, C. trinitarius, C. undulatus, C. washingotnensis, C. washingtonenesis, C. washingtonensis, C. yessoensis, C. nanus, C. bowdenensis, C. tanicus, C. alaquensis, Crassinella acuta, Crassinella aduncata, Crassinella aequalis, Crassinella aldrichi, Crassinella bowdeni, Crassinella bronni, Crassinella coxa, Crassinella coxi, Crassinella dupliniana, Crassinella erichseni, Crassinella marticensis, Crassinella nana, Crassinella neuseana, Crassinella profundorum, Crassinella pteleina, Crassinella pygmeae, Crassinella radiata, Crassinella santarosaensis, Crassinella semicostata, Crassinella tanica, Crassinella triquetra, Crassinella waltoniana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1900	Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus Dall figs. pl. 49, fig. 16

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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	Scambulinae	Chavan 1952
genus	Crassatellites	Guppy 1874
subgenus	Crassinella
species	triangulatus	Dall 1900

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.

†Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus Dall 1900

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Environment:

marinesuperf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindsuperf

Created:

2009-07-05 11:58:03

Modified:

2009-09-09 09:37:34

Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily

References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Florida)	Crassatellites triangulatus (41760 42222 42225 42281 42290 42328 42366 42443)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	USA (Florida)	Crassatellites triangulatus (43032)