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Cassianella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3248060	https://www.gbif.org/species/3248060
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16540	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16540

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Cassianellidae : Cassianella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Cassianellidae : Cassianella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Cassianellidae	Ichikawa 1958
genus	Cassianella	Beyrich 1862

Scientific Name

Cassianella Beyrich, 1862

Name Published In

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cassianella	genus	belongs to Paraviculidae	stated without evidence	Gugenberger, 1935
Cassianella	genus	belongs to Cassianellidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Cassianella	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cassianella	genus	belongs to Cassianellidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Pterioidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pterioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Cassianellidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Avicula decussata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula gryphaeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Avicula tenuistria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassianella ampezzana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella angusta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	242 Ma Middle Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella angustula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella avicularaeformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella beyrichii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		18	242 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella bicostata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella carinthiaca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella cordillerana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella decussata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		26	242 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella dieneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella elegantula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella euglypha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella euglyphoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella gallensteini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella gravinaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella gryphaeata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	242 Ma Middle Triassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cassianella johannisboehmi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Cassianella katialotica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella launsdorfiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella lineata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella lingulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella nyanangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cassianella peruana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella planata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella pseudoavicularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella robusta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella shastensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cassianella simplex ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella simplex ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cassianella sturi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	237 Ma Middle Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella subeuglypha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella symmetrica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cassianella tenuistria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Cassianella verbeeki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1862	Cassianella Beyrich
1935	Cassianella Gugenberger
1980	Cassianella Vokes p. 39
2002	Cassianella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Cassianella Bouchet et al.
2014	Cassianella Ros-Franch et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gugenberger O. (1935) Die Cardita-Schichten von Launsdorf in Mittelkärnten und ihre Fauna. V. Lamellibranchiaten, Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 144 1, 231-252

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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