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Oriocrassatella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Heterodonta
    Order:  
Veneroida
    Superfamily:  
Crassatellacea
    Family:  
Crassatellidae
    Subfamily:  
Crassatellinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Oriocrassatella Etheridge, JR., 1907
    Type Species:  
O. stokesi, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. E76,4a,b. P. plana (Golovinski), Perm., USSR, 4 a, b, RV int., LV int., X0.7 (1010), Fig. E76,4c. *O. stokesi, W.Australia, RV ext., X0.7 (Dickins, 1956)


Synonyms

Procrassatella


Geographic Distribution

Aus.-Asia-Eu.-New S. Wales - Australia-Indon.-USSR-Greenl.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Transversely inequilateral, elongated backward. Hinge with 2 strong bifid, 3a long, 3b narrow, 4b curved in front of rather large pit, with postresilial ridge isolating upper part of ligament. Long posterior laterals.




References



Museum or Author Information

Dickins, 1956