Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combination: Astarte lunulata
Belongs to Crassinella according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also DuBar 1958, Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1860, Massemin et al. 2009 and Richards 1962
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 maldonadoensis, Crassinella martinicensis, Crassinella midiensis, Crassinella minor, Crassinella nuculiformis, Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella pygmaea, Crassinella variablis, Crassinella varians, Crassinella xena
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (47: Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of United States (20: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (4)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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