Gresslya Agassiz 1843 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae

Parent taxon: Ceratomyidae according to M. Aberhan 2004

See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Ceratomya, Ceratomyinae, Ceromyella, Makoiamya, Myopholadinae, Ochotomya, Pholadomyocardia, Pteromya

Subtaxa: Gresslya abundans Gresslya bisulcata Gresslya gregaria Gresslya kularensis Gresslya peregrina

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Type: Lutraria gregaria

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (3), Canada (5: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (33), France (5), Germany (12), Greenland (32), Italy (1), Luxembourg (2), Mexico (2), Poland (4), Saudi Arabia (13), Somalia (2), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (35), United States (1: Nevada)

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (14), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 174 collections including 191 occurrences

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