Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Full reference: K. S. Collins, J. S. Crampton, and M. Hannah. 2015. Stratocladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the character-poor New Zealand crassatellid bivalves Spissatella and Eucrassatella. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81:104-123
Parent taxon: Crassatellidae according to K. S. Collins et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Anthonya, Crassatellinae, Crassovella, Eucrassatella, Incatina, Pachythaerus, Ptychomyinae, Scambulinae, Spissatella
Subtaxa: Triplicitella australis
Type: Astarte australis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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