Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combination: Crassatellites (Crassinella) guppyi
Belongs to Crassinella according to W. P. Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassinella) aldrichianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) duplinianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) galvestonensis, Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus, Crassinella acutus, Crassinella bowdenensis, Crassinella clementia, Crassinella guadalupensis, Crassinella haylocki, Crassinella johnsoni, Crassinella lunulata, Crassinella maldonadoensis, Crassinella martinicensis, Crassinella midiensis, Crassinella minor, Crassinella nuculiformis, Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella pygmaea, Crassinella variablis, Crassinella varians, Crassinella xena
Type specimen: USNM 107151, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (3 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Trinidad and Tobago (10)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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