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Crassinella lunulata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Taxonomy
Astarte lunulata was named by Conrad (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Crassinella lunulata by DuBar (1958), Richards (1962), Woodring (1982), Massemin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Astarte lunulata Conrad
1860Astarte lunulata Holmes p. 32
1958Crassinella lunulata DuBar p. 163
1962Crassinella lunulata Richards
1982Crassinella lunulata Woodring p. 635
2009Crassinella lunulata Massemin et al. p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCrassatellidaeFérussac 1822
subfamilyScambulinaeChavan 1952
genusCrassinellaGuppy 1874
specieslunulata(Conrad 1834)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 11:58:03
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:37:34
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (59328 59329 59330)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Crassinella lunulata (131210 131217 131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (58893 58894 58895 59307 59309 59310 59327 68979 79342)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Crassinella lunulata (61293 78265 78267 78269 78271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crassinella lunulata (59484 59486 59487)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crassinella lunulata (41501 61309 79331 79788)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (60944 92408 92409)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (58897 58898 59312 59315 59316 59318 79339)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Crassinella lunulata (66612 66622 66623)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (80053 80083)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crassinella lunulata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Crassinella lunulata (61310 67069 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Crassinella lunulata (195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crassinella lunulata (34269 61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (60923 60927 60928 60929 60930 66756 66758 66760 69046 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Crassinella lunulata (66742 66749 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Crassinella lunulata (57702 57703 57705 57706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Crassinella lunulata (66630)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Crassinella lunulata (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Crassinella lunulata (41935 92776)