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Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus was named by Hodson (1927). Its type specimen is PRI 21999, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Crassatella (Eucrassatella) trinitaria venezuelanus by Barrios (1960); it was recombined as Eucrassatella trinitaria venezuelana by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Crassatellites trinitarius venezuelanus Hodson p. 45 figs. pl. 28, figs. 2, 6, 9
1960Crassatella (Eucrassatella) trinitaria venezuelanus Barrios p. 245
1965Eucrassatella trinitaria venezuelana Jung p. 443
1982Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana Woodring p. 635

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
genusEucrassatellaIredale 1924
subgenusHybolophus
speciesvenezuelana(Hodson 1927)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-06 16:17:15
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:37:48
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Eucrassatella venezuelana (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Eucrassatella venezuelana (156334 156361 156493 156748 156751 156753 156791 156792 156832 157336 160770 160798 160799 160800 160815 160816)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia Crassatellites sp. (97678)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Eucrassatella venezuelana (136885 156488 156524 156682 157783 157828 157858 157859 160794 160795 160796 160965 161055 161056 161057)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) Eucrassatella venezuelana (66163)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia Eucrassatella venezuelana (96502)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Eucrassatella venezuelana (93054)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Eucrassatella venezuelana (96470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Eucrassatella venezuelana (96501 131219 131220)