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Crassatella uvasana

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8647147https://www.gbif.org/species/8647147
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)168157https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=168157
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatella uvasana
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatella uvasana
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassHeteroconchia
-CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
-CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida
superfamilyCrassatelloidea
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
genusCrassatellaLamarck 1799
speciesCrassatella uvasanaConrad 1855
Generic NameCrassatella
Scientific NameCrassatella uvasana (Conrad, 1855)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Crassatella uvasanaspeciesbelongs to Crassatellastated without evidenceConrad, 1855
Crassatella uvasanaspeciesbelongs to Crassatellastated with evidenceGabb, 1864
Crassatella uvasanaspeciesbelongs to Crassatellitesstated without evidenceArnold and Hannibal, 1913
Crassatella uvasanaspeciesbelongs to Crassatellastated without evidenceTurner, 1938
Crassatella uvasanaspeciesbelongs to Crassatellastated with evidenceMoore, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Crassatellidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Crassatellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. J. Moore. 2002. Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California: Crassatellidae through Pharidae. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228(F):1-107

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Crassatellites uvasana (Conrad, 1855)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatellites uvasana

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1855Crassatella uvasana Conrad p. 9 figs. pl. 1, Fig. 5
1864Crassatella uvasana Gabb p. 214 figs. PL 32, Fig. 284
1894Astarte semidentata Cooper p. 48 figs. pl. 3, figs. 44-45.
1913Crassatellites uvasana Arnold and Hannibal p. 569
1938Crassatella uvasana Turner p. 47
1984Crassatella uvasana Squires p. 47 figs. Figures 11a-g
1987Crassatella uvasana Squires p. 64 fig. 111
2002Crassatella uvasana Moore

References

Moore E. J. (2002) Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California: Crassatellidae through Pharidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228 F, 1-107
Gabb W. M. Description of the Cretaceous fossils, Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1, 57-217
Cooper J. G. Catalogue of Californian fossils. (Parts II, III, IV, and V), California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 4, 1-65
Arnold R., Hannibal H. (1913) The marine Tertiary stratigraphy of the North Pacific coast of America, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 52 212, 559-605
Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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