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Spissatella media

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Eucrassatella media was named by Marwick (1926) [TYPE LOCALITY: Lorne, Oamaru, Canterbury, South Island, New Zeland (Kaiatan = Priabonian). TYPE REPOSITORY: GSNZ (now GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand).]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lorne, which is in a Kaiatan marine tuff in the Waiareka tuff Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Spissatella media by Fleming (1966) and Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. clifdenensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Eucrassatella media Marwick p. 311 figs. Plate 72, Fig. 6
1966Spissatella media Fleming p. 150
1990Spissatella media Beu et al. p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
genusSpissatellaFinlay 1926
speciesmedia()

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.

†Spissatella media Marwick 1926
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Diagnosis
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