Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Belongs to Crassatellites (Crassinella) according to Dall 1900
Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassinella) aldrichianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) duplinianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) galvestonensis, 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 variablis, Crassinella varians, Crassinella xena
Type specimen: USNM 114607. Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Florida collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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