Biology:Eucrassatella
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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 meridionalis (Zittel, 1865)
- (P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919) † Eucrassatella camura
- (Pritchard, 1903) Eucrassatella corbuloides
- (Reeve, 1842) Eucrassatella cumingii
- (A. Adams, 1854) (Reeve, 1842)
- Darragh, 1965 (Lamarck, 1818)
- Darragh, 1965 (Lamarck, 1805)
- A. W. B. Powell, 1931 (Dall, 1903)
- (Reeve, 1842) (Medina & Rinaldi, 1978)
- †Eucrassatella rosicollina † Eucrassatella eupontica
- †Eucrassatella kingicoloides † Eucrassatella memanae
- †Eucrassatella oblonga Darragh, 1965
- Eucrassatella decipiens † Eucrassatella deltoides
- Eucrassatella donacina † Eucrassatella dorsennata
- Darragh, 1965 (Pritchard, 1903)
- Darragh, 1965 (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- (Finlay, 1926) † Eucrassatella subobesa
- †Eucrassatella wilckensi † Eucrassatella scopalveus
- †Eucrassatella ampla Eucrassatella kingicola
- †Eucrassatella marshalli Eucrassatella pulchra
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eucrassatella Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 February 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q54755261
- ↑ Iredale, Tom (1924). "Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49 (3): 202. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095219.
- ↑ Maxwell, P.A. (2009). "Cenozoic Mollusca". New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q136396722
Wikidata ☰ Q3789809 entry
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