Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Full reference: D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261
Belongs to Crassinella according to D. T. Dockery 1982
Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassinella) aldrichianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) duplinianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) galvestonensis, Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus, Crassinella acutus, Crassinella bowdenensis, Crassinella clementia, Crassinella guadalupensis, Crassinella guppyi, Crassinella haylocki, Crassinella johnsoni, Crassinella lunulata, Crassinella maldonadoensis, Crassinella martinicensis, Crassinella midiensis, Crassinella minor, Crassinella nuculiformis, Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella pygmaea, Crassinella varians, Crassinella xena
Type specimen: USNM 340459, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (35: Mississippi collections)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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