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Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis megacosta

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis megacosta was named by Dockery (1982) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 34056, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis megacosta Dockery p. 67 figs. pl. 28, figs. 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
subfamilyCrassatellinaeFérussac 1822
genusCrassatellaLamarck 1799
subgenusCrassatellaLamarck 1799
speciesmississippiensis()
subspeciesmegacosta

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.

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