Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combinations: Crassatella mississippiensis, Crassatellites mississippiensis
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Crassatella (Crassatella) according to D. T. Dockery 1982
See also Conrad 1848, Kellum 1926 and Richards 1943
Sister taxon: Crassatella (Crassatella) lirasculpta
Subtaxa: Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis megacosta Crassatella mississippiensis silverdalensis
Type specimen: ANSP 30664, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Oligocene of United States (22: Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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