Eucrassatella
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| 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 | |
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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.
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]