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Crassadoma gigantea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Taxonomy
Lima gigantea was named by Gray (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Alaska-Baja California, Mexico (Recent); western North America (Miocene-Pleistocene). HISTORY: Type species of Crassadoma by original designation [Coan et al. 2000].]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Hinnites giganteus by Ashley (1895), Valentine (1957) and Moore (1984); it was recombined as Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus by Arnold (1903), Arnold (1906) and Willett (1937); it was misspelled as Crassadoma giganteus by Powell and Stevens (2000); it was recombined as Crassadoma gigantea by Waller (1993), Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Lima gigantea Gray
1834Hinnita poulsoni Conrad p. 182
1857Hinnites crassa Conrad p. 190
1895Hinnites giganteus Ashley p. 344
1903Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus Arnold p. 115
1906Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus Arnold p. 93
1928Pecten (Chlamys) multirugosus Gale p. 92
1931Pecten (Pecten) multirugosus Grant, IV and Gale p. 159
1937Pecten (Hinnites) giganteus Willett p. 386
1957Hinnites giganteus Valentine
1959Hinnites multirugosus Addicott and Emerson
1966Hinnites multirugosus Stanton, Jr. pp. 27
1984Hinnites giganteus Moore p. B65 figs. Plate 26, figures 1, 5; plate 27, figures 2-4
1993Crassadoma gigantea Waller p. 211
2000Crassadoma gigantea Coan et al. p. 238
2000Crassadoma giganteus Powell and Stevens
2021Crassadoma gigantea Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
subfamilyChlamydinaevon Teppner 1922
genusCrassadomaBernard 1986
speciesgigantea(Gray 1825)

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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Invalid names: Hinnita poulsoni Conrad 1834 [synonym], Hinnites crassa Conrad 1857 [synonym], Pecten (Chlamys) multirugosus Gale 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-10-10 15:55:20
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:55:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 196.50000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) Lima gigantea (84121 84123)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Lima gigantea (198904)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Lima gigantea (140334)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Crassadoma gigantea (196138)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (195078 214400 214405) Pecten giganteus (203540 208090)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (214963)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (194799 195037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (211317)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten giganteus (120820 216872 220193)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Hinnites giganteus (43688)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (214967)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pecten giganteus (186031)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hinnites giganteus (96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (37935 37937 37938 37943 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Crassadoma giganteus (71054) Hinnites giganteus (202641 203106 222664 222998) Hinnites multirugosus (202492) Pecten multirugosus (96884 96894)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Hinnites giganteus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hinnites giganteus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Hinnites multirugosus (52347 67613 67642 226466 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Crassadoma gigantea (96936) Hinnites giganteus (96901 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674 226458) Hinnites multirugosus (160361 219030) Pecten multirugosus (59063 96895)