Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Bivalvia |
| Order: Carditida |
| Family: Crassatellidae |
| Genus: Crassinella |
| Species: Crassinella lunulata (Conrad, 1834) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Fort Thompson Formation [Common] |
| Jaimanitas Formation |
| Pamlico Formation |
| Bermont Formation [Common] |
| Canepatch Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Chowan River Formation [Uncommon] |
| Nashua Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Common] |
| Duplin Formation [Common] |
| Duplin / Raysor Formations [Questionable/rare] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Common] |
| Raysor Formation [Common] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
| Yorktown Formation [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: Lunate crassinella.
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Conrad, 1834, p. 133):
“Shell small, triangular, compressed, with about thirteen acute concentric prominent lines; anterior slope rectilinear, angular at the extremity; basal margin rounded; beaks central, apex acute; lunule much elongated. Length and height nearly equal, about one fourth of an inch.
Locality. Suffolk, Virginia.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks:
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on August 21, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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