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Triplicitella australis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Astarte australis was named by Hutton (1873). Its type specimen is TM2861 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Triplicitella.

It was recombined as Spissatella australis by Finlay and Marwick (1937), Marwick (1960); it was recombined as Eucrassatella australis by Beu et al. (1990); it was recombined as Triplicitella australis by Collins et al. (2015).

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-11-12; modified by P. Wagner on 2026-06-15

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Astarte australis Hutton p. 25
1935Crassatellites tripliciter Laws pp. 23 pl. 4 . 1a
1937Spissatella australis Finlay and Marwick p. 99
1960Spissatella australis Marwick p. 12
1990Eucrassatella australis Beu et al. p. 101 figs. pl. 5f, i
2015Triplicitella australis Collins et al. pp. 119 - 121 figs. 13A-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
Heterodonta(Neumayr 1884)
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
genusTriplicitella
speciesaustralis(Hutton 1873)

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.

Triplicitella australis Hutton 1873
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Invalid names: Triplicitella tripliciter Laws 1935 [synonym]
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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03New Zealand (Canterbury) Crassatellites australis (50161) Eucrassatella australis (50147)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Eucrassatella australis (45037)