Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283
Belongs to Crassinella according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassinella) aldrichianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) duplinianus, Crassatellites (Crassinella) galvestonensis, Crassatellites (Crassinella) triangulatus, Crassinella acutus, Crassinella bowdenensis, Crassinella clementia, Crassinella guadalupensis, Crassinella guppyi, Crassinella haylocki, Crassinella lunulata, Crassinella maldonadoensis, Crassinella martinicensis, Crassinella midiensis, Crassinella minor, Crassinella nuculiformis, Crassinella pacifica, Crassinella pygmaea, Crassinella variablis, Crassinella varians, Crassinella xena
Type specimen: USNM 203956
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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