Crenella maylandensis Russell and Landes 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Belongs to Crenella according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Crenella cocentrica, Crenella decussata, Crenella elegantula, Crenella elliptica, Crenella fenestra, Crenella glandula, Crenella gubernatoria, Crenella inflata, Crenella inflata, Crenella isocardioides, Crenella kannoi, Crenella latifrons, Crenella porterensis, Crenella santana, Crenella serica, Crenella striatocostata, Crenella subfornicata, Crenella virida, Crenella washingtonensis, Hippagus verticordius

Type specimen: GSC 9350, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 23, Mayland Well [Foremost Mbr, Judith River Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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