Crassovella faber Berezovsky 2018 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: A. A. Berezovsky. 2018. Upper Eocene Bivalves from Dnepr, Ukraine: Crassatellidae. Paleontological Journal 52(11):1225-1291

Belongs to Crassovella according to A. A. Berezovsky 2018

Sister taxa: Crassovella depulsor, Crassovella raricostata, Crassovella woodi

Type specimen: GM KNU, no. Vs-01/1, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Dnipropetrovsk, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Mandrikovka Formation of Ukraine.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk

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