Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Alternative combination: Mytilus decussatus
Synonyms: Crenella divaricata d'Orbigny 1853, Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Nuculocardia divaricata d'Orbigny 1853
Belongs to Crenella according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan et al. 2000, DuBar 1958, Hendy et al. 2008, Ihering 1907, Moore 1983, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Stilwell 1998 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Crenella cocentrica, Crenella elegantula, Crenella elliptica, Crenella fenestra, Crenella glandula, Crenella gubernatoria, Crenella inflata, Crenella inflata, Crenella isocardioides, Crenella kannoi, Crenella latifrons, Crenella maylandensis, Crenella porterensis, Crenella santana, Crenella serica, Crenella striatocostata, Crenella subfornicata, Crenella virida, Crenella washingtonensis, Hippagus verticordius
Subtaxa: Crenella divaricata camaronesia
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Greenland (2), the Netherlands (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Chile (2), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), United States (2: North Carolina), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), Panama (9), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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