Crassinella xena Woodring 1925 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1925. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

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 guppyi, Crassinella haylocki, Crassinella johnsoni, Crassinella lunulata, Crassinella maldonadoensis, Crassinella martinicensis, Crassinella midiensis, Crassinella minor, Crassinella nuculiformis, Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella pygmaea, Crassinella variablis, Crassinella varians

Type specimen: USNM 352798, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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