Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combination: Crassatella rothi
Synonyms: Crassatella (Scambula) matercula Mayer-Eymar 1896, Crassatella matercula Mayer-Eymar 1896, Crassatella wanneri Pervinquière 1912, Crassatella ziteli Wanner 1902, Crassatella zitteli Wanner 1902
Belongs to Crassatella according to A. G. A. Hewaidy et al. 2021
See also Picard 1930, Tantawy et al. 2001 and Wanner 1902
Sister taxa: Crassatella (Crassatella), Crassatella (Landinia), Crassatella antestriata, Crassatella aquiana, Crassatella arcacea, Crassatella astartiformis, Crassatella austriaca, Crassatella baudeti, Crassatella bosquetiana, Crassatella branneri, Crassatella carcarensis, Crassatella carmanahensis, Crassatella carolinensis, Crassatella caudata, Crassatella chargensis, Crassatella chiesai, Crassatella clarkensis, Crassatella claytonensis, Crassatella collina, Crassatella compacta, Crassatella compressa, Crassatella conradiana, Crassatella corioensis, Crassatella corrugata, Crassatella cowlitzensis, Crassatella cygnea, Crassatella dalli, Crassatella dennanti, Crassatella dennati, Crassatella densus, Crassatella desioi, Crassatella desmaresti, Crassatella desvauxi, Crassatella elongata, Crassatella eutawcolens, Crassatella flexura, Crassatella fusca, Crassatella gamma, Crassatella haughtoni, Crassatella hauniensis, Crassatella hodgei, Crassatella kalitensis, Crassatella kroisbachensis, Crassatella lillisi, Crassatella lincolnensis, Crassatella lomana, Crassatella longior, Crassatella macrodonta, Crassatella manzourensis, Crassatella marrotiana, Crassatella meganosensis, Crassatella mercedensis, Crassatella merriami, Crassatella mulates, Crassatella neorhynchus, Crassatella numidica, Crassatella oenana, Crassatella patagonica, Crassatella pedroi, Crassatella perrini, Crassatella plumbea, Crassatella portelli, Crassatella radiata, Crassatella rafaeli, Crassatella rhomboidea, Crassatella saulae, Crassatella scutellaria, Crassatella stewartvillensis, Crassatella stillwaterensis, Crassatella studleyi, Crassatella sulcata, Crassatella symmetrica, Crassatella texalta, Crassatella trapaquara, Crassatella tumidula, Crassatella unioides, Crassatella uvasana, Crassatella vadosa, Crassatella washingtoniana, Crassatella weaveri, Crassatella willcoxi, Crassatellites neusensis, Crassatellites maroimensis, Crassatellites inconspicuus, Crassatellites camurus, Crassatellites berryi, Crassatellites paramesus, Crassatellites iheringi, Crassatellites matsuraensis, Crassatellites yabei, Crassatellites brainerdi, Crassatellites exiguus, Crassatellites asakuraensis, Crassatellites (Crassatellites), Crassatellites texana, Crassatellites negreetensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Egypt (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (5), Israel (2), Libya (2), Madagascar (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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