†Crassatellites (Crassatellites) altaspissus Woodring 1925 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1925. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Belongs to Crassatellites (Crassatellites) according to W. P. Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Crassatellites (Crassatellites) jamaicensis, Crassatellites (Crassatellites) komodai, Crassatellites (Crassatellites) meridionalis
Type specimen: USNM 352797, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)
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