Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative spellings: Anthomya (Scambula), Crassatella (Scambula), Crassatellites (Scambula)
Parent taxon: Scambulinae according to G. L. Wingard 1993
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Gardner 1947, Hewaidy et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Crassinella, Mediraon, Remondia, Stearnsia
Subtaxa: Crassatellites (Scambula) psychopterus Scambula perplana
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Eocene of United States (3: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of United States (27: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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