Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combinations: Crassatellites maudensis, Spissatella maudensis
Full reference: G. B. Pritchard. 1903. Contributions to the palaeontology of the older Tertiary beds of Victoria. Lamellibranchs - Part III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15:87-103
Belongs to Eucrassatella according to K. S. Collins et al. 2014
See also Pritchard 1903
Sister taxa: Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella), Eucrassatella (Hybolophus), Eucrassatella ampla, Eucrassatella aphrodina, Eucrassatella decipiens, Eucrassatella eupontica, Eucrassatella kingicoloides, Eucrassatella marshalli, Eucrassatella montserratensis, Eucrassatella oblonga, Eucrassatella pulchra, Eucrassatella rostrata, Eucrassatella scopalveus, Eucrassatella wilckensi
Type specimen: MUGD1759, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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