Eucrassatella
| Eucrassatella Temporal range:
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| Eucrassatella scopalveus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Family: | Crassatellidae |
| Subfamily: | Crassatellinae |
| Genus: | Eucrassatella Iredale, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Crassatella kingicola Lamarck, 1805 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eucrassatella is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs of the family Crassatellidae.[1] Members of the genus are found in the waters of Australia and New Zealand.
Description
Members of Eucrassatella have a thick and elongated shell, with well-developed triangular-shaped cardinal teeth, smooth valve margins, ribbed commarginal sculpture and adductor muscle scars which are deeply impressed.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 1924 by Tom Iredale.[3]
Distribution
Eurytellina is found in the waters of Australia and New Zealand.[2] The earliest fossils date to the Oligocene.[4][5]
Species
Species within the genus Eucrassatella include:[1]
- †Eucrassatella ampla (Zittel, 1865)
- †Eucrassatella camura (Pritchard, 1903)
- Eucrassatella corbuloides (Reeve, 1842)
- Eucrassatella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
- Eucrassatella decipiens (Reeve, 1842)
- †Eucrassatella deltoides Darragh, 1965
- Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818)
- †Eucrassatella dorsennata Darragh, 1965
- †Eucrassatella eupontica Darragh, 1965
- Eucrassatella kingicola (Lamarck, 1805)
- †Eucrassatella kingicoloides (Pritchard, 1903)
- †Eucrassatella marshalli A. W. B. Powell, 1931
- †Eucrassatella memanae Darragh, 1965
- †Eucrassatella meridionalis (Dall, 1903)
- †Eucrassatella oblonga (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- Eucrassatella pulchra (Reeve, 1842)
- †Eucrassatella rosicollina Darragh, 1965
- †Eucrassatella scopalveus (Finlay, 1926)
- †Eucrassatella subobesa (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919)
- †Eucrassatella wilckensi (Medina & Rinaldi, 1978)
References
- ^ a b c Eucrassatella Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 February 2026.
- ^ a b Collins, Katie S.; Crampton, James S.; Hannah, Michael (30 October 2014). "Stratocladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the character-poor New Zealand crassatellid bivalves Spissatella and Eucrassatella". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (1): 104–123. doi:10.1093/MOLLUS/EYU076. ISSN 0260-1230. Wikidata Q54755261.
- ^ Iredale, Tom (1924). "Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49 (3): 202 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Maxwell, P.A. (2009). "Cenozoic Mollusca". In Gordon, D.P. (ed.). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8.
- ^ Darragh, Thomas A. (August 2024). "A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 37–206. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.2024.83.02. ISSN 1447-2546. Wikidata Q136396722.