Crassatella (Crassatella) necopina Berezovsky 2018 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: A. A. Berezovsky. 2018. Some New Species of Crassatella (Bivalvia) from the Upper Eocene of Ukraine. Paleontological Journal 52(1):9-17

Belongs to Crassatella (Crassatella) according to A. A. Berezovsky 2018

Sister taxa: Crassatella (Crassatella) duplex, Crassatella (Crassatella) ignara, Crassatella (Crassatella) lirasculpta, Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis, Crassatella (Crassatella) oblongula, Crassatella (Crassatella) parisiensis

Type specimen: KNU, no. M-102/1, 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 shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dnipropetrovsk

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