Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combinations: Crassatella granti, Crassatellites granti, Spisula granti
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1928. Notes on the Vaqueros and Temblor formations of the California Miocene with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(10):95-182
Belongs to Hybolophus according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Loel and Corey 1932 and Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) berryi, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) elassa, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) trinitaria, Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) venezuelana, Hybolophus disenum, Hybolophus fluctuatus, Hybolophus gibbosus, Hybolophus maleficae, Hybolophus nelsoni, Hybolophus subgibbosa, Hybolophus terrestris
Type specimen: SDSNH 40, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (25: California collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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