Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Crassinella (Gouldia) minuta, Crassinella minuta
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1928. Notes on Lower Tertiary deposits of Colombia and their molluscan and foraminiferal fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 17(1):1-29
Belongs to Gouldia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Anderson 1928 and Clark and Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldia), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia (Paragouldia), Gouldia alta, Gouldia californica, Gouldia camachoi, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia circularis, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia subpusilla
Type specimen: CAS 2723, a shell. Its type locality is El Carmen, 6 mi. SW of (Horizon F), which is in a Bartonian coastal shale/sandstone in Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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