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Spisula craspedota

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy

Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352006, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 5079 - Shell Bluff [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Spisula craspedota by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Mactra asperaeformis, Mactra polynyma, Mactra snatolensis, Mactra xenophonti, S. addicotti, S. albaria, S. albaria, S. albirupina, S. amekiensis, S. bisculpurtata, S. californica, S. catiliformis, S. chulgunensis, S. coosensis, S. cutirostrata, S. eugenense, S. funerata, S. hanniballi, S. inaequilateralis, S. incrassata, S. merriami, S. mississippiensis, S. modicella, S. ochotensis, S. onnechiuria, S. ovalis, S. packardi, S. rushi, S. solida, S. solidissima, S. subtruncata, S. tigilensis, S. trangulata, S. triangulata, S. aequilatera, S. aequilaterala, S. densa, S. dodona, S. modicella, S. modicella, S. grayana, S. longa, S. matleyi, S. onnechiuria, S. densata, S. evalensis, S. ezodensata, S. ikusaensis, S. panzana, S. sachalinensis, S. hauitaca, S. inaequilatera, S. subtruncata, S. couttsi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1947	Spisula (Hemimactra) craspedota Gardner p. 221 figs. pl. XXXIII, figs. 10-12
2008	Spisula craspedota Hendy et al.

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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	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Mactroidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Mactridae	Lamarck 1809
genus	Spisula	Gray 1837
species	craspedota	()

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.

†Spisula craspedota Gardner 1947

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 14:12:34

Modified:

2009-09-09 16:12:34

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Florida)	Spisula craspedota (42684 42685 68971)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	USA (Florida)	Spisula craspedota (42692 42875 type locality: 42886 42888 42889 42890 42891 42892 43024 43032 43036 43046 94810 111204 136943)