†Bathytormus protextus Conrad 1832 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Belongs to Bathytormus according to G. L. Wingard 1993
Sister taxa: Bathytormus alaeformis, Bathytormus clarkensis, Bathytormus flexurus, Bathytormus juanadiazus, Bathytormus protexta, Bathytormus pteropsis, Bathytormus sinus, Crassatella (Bathytormus) schmidlini
Type specimen: ANSP 30520, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: Alabama, North Carolina collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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