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Cassianella decussata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae

Taxonomy
Avicula decussata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Cassianella decussata by Laube (1865), Krumbeck (1924) and Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Avicula decussata Münster p. 76 figs. Pl 7, fig 10
1841Avicula impressa Münster p. 76 figs. Pl 7, fig 12
1841Avicula planidorsata Münster p. 76 figs. Pl 7, fig 11
1865Cassianella decussata Laube p. 47 figs. Pl 17, fig 2
1895Cassianella planidorsata Bittner
1904Cassianella planidorsata Broili
1924Cassianella decussata Krumbeck
2014Cassianella decussata Nützel and Kaim p. 424 fig. 10i,l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyCassianellidaeIchikawa 1958
genusCassianellaBeyrich 1862
speciesdecussata()

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.

Cassianella decussata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Avicula impressa Münster 1841 [synonym], Avicula planidorsata Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available