Hybolophus gibbosus Sowerby 1832 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combinations: Crassatella gibbosa, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) gibbosa, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) gibbosus, Eucrassatella gibbosa

Synonyms: Crassatellites rudis Li 1930, Eucrassinella aequitorialis Cruz 1980, Eucrassinella manabiensis Cruz 1980

Belongs to Hybolophus according to T. J. Devries 2016

See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Stewart 1930 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) berryi, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) elassa, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana, Hybolophus disenum, Hybolophus fluctuatus, Hybolophus granti, Hybolophus maleficae, Hybolophus nelsoni, Hybolophus subgibbosa, Hybolophus terrestris

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (1), Peru (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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