WoRMS taxon details
Crassatella Lamarck, 1799
225412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225412)
accepted
Genus
Mactra cygnea Lamarck, 1799 † accepted as Crassatella ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791) † (type by monotypy)
Crasatela [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Crassatella (Crassatella) Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Crassatella (Landinia) Chavan, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassatella (Pachythaerus) Conrad, 1869 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crassatellites Krüger, 1823 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (Not a valid name under Art. 20:...)
Not a valid name under Art. 20: name formed by adding the suffix -ites to the genus name Crassatella
Crassatellites (Crassatellites) Krüger, 1823 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (Not a valid name under Art. 20:...)
Not a valid name under Art. 20: name formed by adding the suffix -ites to the genus name Crassatella
Landinia Chavan, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pachythaerus Conrad, 1869 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paphies (Crassatella) Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Uddenia Stephenson, 1941 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Crassatella aequatorialis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
- Species Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917
- Species Crassatella crebrilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Species Crassatella gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
- Species Crassatella knockeri E. A. Smith, 1881
- Species Crassatella pallida A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
- Species Crassatella rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932
- Species Crassatella subquadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Species Crassatella compta A. Adams, 1854 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Crassatella lapidea Reeve, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Crassatella subradiata Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Crassatella (Bathytormus) R. B. Stewart, 1930 accepted as Bathytormus R. B. Stewart, 1930 (unaccepted rank)
- Subgenus Crassatella (Crassatella) Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Crassatella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Crassatella (Crassatina) Kobelt, 1881 accepted as Crassatina Kobelt, 1881 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Crassatella (Crassatina) contraria (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Crassatella (Riosatella) H. E. Vokes, 1973 accepted as Riosatella H. E. Vokes, 1973 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Crassatella (Riosatella) brasiliensis (Dall, 1903) accepted as Riosatella brasiliensis (Dall, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella (Riosatella) riograndensis H. E. Vokes, 1973 accepted as Riosatella uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella abrupta G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Chattina abrupta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
- Species Crassatella acuminata Kobelt, 1885 accepted as Bathytormus acuminatus (Kobelt, 1885)
- Species Crassatella acuminata G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 accepted as Crenocrassatella sowerbyi (E. Lamy, 1917) accepted as Crassatella rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Crassatella acuminata Kobelt, 1886; C. sowerbyi Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name)
- Species Crassatella adamsi Kobelt, 1886 accepted as Nipponocrassatella adamsi (Kobelt, 1886)
- Species Crassatella adelinae Tryon, 1872 accepted as Eucrassatella antillarum (Reeve, 1842) accepted as Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878 accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Crassatella africana G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917 (invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878; C. capensis Lamy, 1917 is a replacement name)
- Species Crassatella angolensis Nicklès, 1955 accepted as Crassatina corrugata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Crassatella angulata G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Crassatella crebrilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Species Crassatella angustior Verco, 1907 accepted as Talabrica angustior (Verco, 1907)
- Species Crassatella antillarum Reeve, 1842 accepted as Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella aurora A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Talabrica aurora (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella banksii A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Talabrica bellula (A. Adams, 1854) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella bellula A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Talabrica bellula (A. Adams, 1854) (superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella brasiliensis (Dall, 1903) accepted as Riosatella brasiliensis (Dall, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella burnupi E. Lamy, 1920 accepted as Crassasulca burnupi (E. Lamy, 1920)
- Species Crassatella capensis Odhner, 1923 accepted as Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917 (invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella capensis Lamy, 1917; Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930 is a replacement name)
- Species Crassatella carnea Tate, 1891 accepted as Talabrica carnea (Tate, 1891)
- Species Crassatella castanea Reeve, 1842 accepted as Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella compressa A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Nipponocrassatella adamsi (Kobelt, 1886) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Crassatella compressa Lamarck, 1806; Crassatella adamsi Kobelt, 1886 is a replacement name)
- Species Crassatella concinna A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Talabrica sagamiensis (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
- Species Crassatella contraria (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Crassatella corbuloides Reeve, 1842 accepted as Eucrassatella corbuloides (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella corrugata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Crassatina corrugata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Crassatella cumingii A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Eucrassatella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella cuneata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Atactodea cuneata (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella cycladea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella decipiens Reeve, 1842 accepted as Eucrassatella decipiens (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella digueti E. Lamy, 1917 accepted as Eucrassatella antillarum (Reeve, 1842) accepted as Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella divaricata A. d'Orbigny, 1840 accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella divaricata Chemnitz, 1782 accepted as Crassatella divaricata A. d'Orbigny, 1840 accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > unavailable name, unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Crassatella donacina Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, available from Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Crassatella donacina Lamarck, 1819 sensu Reeve, 1843 accepted as Nipponocrassatella japonica (Dunker, 1882) (misapplication)
- Species Crassatella donacina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Eucrassatella donacina (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella erycinaea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Atactodea erycinaea (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella esquimalti Baird, 1863 accepted as Astarte esquimalti (Baird, 1863)
- Species Crassatella foveolata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 accepted as Crenocrassatella foveolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Species Crassatella fulvida Angas, 1871 accepted as Salaputium fulvidum (Angas, 1871)
- Species Crassatella fusca Kobelt, 1886 accepted as Crassatina fusca (Kobelt, 1886)
- Species Crassatella gibbosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 accepted as Hybolophus gibbosus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella guadalupensis A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Crassinella guadalupensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Crassinella lunulata (Conrad, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella indica E. A. Smith, 1895 accepted as Indocrassatella indica (E. A. Smith, 1895) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella japonica G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 accepted as Nipponocrassatella japonica (Dunker, 1882)
- Species Crassatella japonica Dunker, 1882 accepted as Nipponocrassatella japonica (Dunker, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella jousseaumei E. Lamy, 1919 accepted as Bathytormus jousseaumei (E. Lamy, 1919)
- Species Crassatella jubar Reeve, 1842 accepted as Crenocrassatella jubar (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella kingicola Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Eucrassatella kingicola (Lamarck, 1805)
- Species Crassatella laevis A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Eucrassatella antillarum (Reeve, 1842) accepted as Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella lamarcki Nyst, 1847 accepted as Eucrassatella pulchra (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella lamarckii Deshayes, 1857 accepted as Eucrassatella decipiens (Reeve, 1842) (invalid: junior homonym of Crassatella lamarcki Nyst, 1847)
- Species Crassatella loebbeckei Kobelt, 1886 accepted as Nipponocrassatella nana (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Crassatella maldonadoensis Pilsbry, 1897 accepted as Crassinella maldonadoensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
- Species Crassatella marginata Keep, 1887 accepted as Neolepton salmoneum (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Crassatella martinicensis A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Crassinella martinicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella micra Verco, 1895 accepted as Salaputium micrum (Verco, 1895) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella nana A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Nipponocrassatella nana (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Crassatella natalensis Barnard, 1964 accepted as Indocrassatella natalensis (Barnard, 1964)
- Species Crassatella obesa A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Eucrassatella corbuloides (Reeve, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella oblongata Yokoyama, 1920 accepted as Indocrassatella oblongata (Yokoyama, 1920)
- Species Crassatella obscura A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Nipponocrassatella japonica (Dunker, 1882)
- Species Crassatella odhneri Tomlin, 1930 accepted as Crassatella capensis E. Lamy, 1917 (junior synonym)
- Species Crassatella ornata Reeve, 1842 accepted as Crassatina ornata (J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Crassatella paeteli Maltzan, 1885 accepted as Crassatina paeteli (Maltzan, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella picta A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Chattina picta (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella pilula Barnard, 1964 accepted as Indocrassatella pilula (Barnard, 1964)
- Species Crassatella producta Verco, 1895 accepted as Salaputium productum (Verco, 1895)
- Species Crassatella pulchra Reeve, 1842 accepted as Eucrassatella pulchra (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella radiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Bathytormus radiatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Crassatella rhomboides E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Salaputium rhomboides (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
- Species Crassatella riograndensis H. E. Vokes, 1973 accepted as Riosatella uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella rostrata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Crenocrassatella rostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Crassatella simplex Kobelt, 1886 accepted as Talabrica aurora (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Species Crassatella sowerbyi E. Lamy, 1917 accepted as Crassatella rubrolineata W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Crassatella sowerbyi S. V. Wood, 1871)
- Species Crassatella speciosa A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Kalolophus speciosus (A. Adams, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella sublamellata Kobelt, 1885 accepted as Salaputium sublamellatum (Kobelt, 1885)
- Species Crassatella sublamellosa Kobelt, 1886 accepted as Salaputium sublamellatum (Kobelt, 1885)
- Species Crassatella tenuis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 accepted as Crassatella subquadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Species Crassatella tenuis G. B. Sowerby III sensu Barnard, 1964 accepted as Crassatella pallida A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (misapplication)
- Species Crassatella torresi E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Crassinella martinicensis (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella triquetra Reeve, 1842 accepted as Crassatina triquetra (Reeve, 1842)
- Species Crassatella truncata A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Chattina truncata (A. Adams, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella undulata Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Crassatina contraria (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Crassatella undulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 accepted as Eucrassatella antillarum (Reeve, 1842) accepted as Kalolophus antillarum (Reeve, 1842) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Crassatella undulata Lamarck, 1805 and C. undulata Say, 1824; C. digueti is a replacement name)
- Species Crassatella uruguayensis E. A. Smith, 1880 accepted as Riosatella uruguayensis (E. A. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Crassatella ziczac Reeve, 1842 accepted as Bathytormus ziczac (Reeve, 1842)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crassatella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225412 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Crassatellites Krüger, 1823 †) Krüger, J.F. (1823). Geschichte der Urwelt: in Umrissen entworfen. Zweiter Theil. <em>Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg und Leipzig.</em>
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Crassatella (Pachythaerus) Conrad, 1869 †) Conrad, T. A. (1869). Observations on the genus <i>Astarte</i>, with descriptions of three other genera of Crassatellidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 46-48, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978886
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Landinia Chavan, 1952 †) Chavan, A. (1952). Les pélécypodes des sables astartiens de Cordebugle (Calvados). <em>Schweizerische paläontologische Abhandlungen / Mémoires suisses de paléontologie.</em> 69: 1-132. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Uddenia Stephenson, 1941 †) Stephenson, L. W. (1941). The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (exclusive of corals and crustaceans and exclusive of the fauna of the Escondido Formation). <em>The University of Texas Publication.</em> 4101: 1-641.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pachythaerus Conrad, 1869 †) Conrad, T. A. (1869). Observations on the genus <i>Astarte</i>, with descriptions of three other genera of Crassatellidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 46-48, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978886
page(s): 47 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Crassatellites Krüger, 1823 †) Krüger, J.F. (1823). Geschichte der Urwelt: in Umrissen entworfen. Zweiter Theil. <em>Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg und Leipzig.</em>
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Crassatella (Pachythaerus) Conrad, 1869 †) Conrad, T. A. (1869). Observations on the genus <i>Astarte</i>, with descriptions of three other genera of Crassatellidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 46-48, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978886
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Landinia Chavan, 1952 †) Chavan, A. (1952). Les pélécypodes des sables astartiens de Cordebugle (Calvados). <em>Schweizerische paläontologische Abhandlungen / Mémoires suisses de paléontologie.</em> 69: 1-132. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Uddenia Stephenson, 1941 †) Stephenson, L. W. (1941). The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (exclusive of corals and crustaceans and exclusive of the fauna of the Escondido Formation). <em>The University of Texas Publication.</em> 4101: 1-641.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pachythaerus Conrad, 1869 †) Conrad, T. A. (1869). Observations on the genus <i>Astarte</i>, with descriptions of three other genera of Crassatellidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 46-48, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978886
page(s): 47 [details]
basis of record Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 136 [details]
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