Crassatellites (Crassatellites) jamaicensis Dall 1903 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combination: Crassatellites (Scambula) jamaicensis

Belongs to Crassatellites (Crassatellites) according to W. P. Woodring 1925

Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassatellites) altaspissus, Crassatellites (Crassatellites) komodai, Crassatellites (Crassatellites) meridionalis

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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