Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Parent taxon: Crassatella according to Lamarck 1799
Sister taxa: Crassatella (Landinia), Crassatella antestriata, Crassatella aquiana, Crassatella arcacea, Crassatella astartiformis, Crassatella austriaca, Crassatella baudeti, Crassatella bosquetiana, Crassatella branneri, Crassatella carcarensis, Crassatella carmanahensis, Crassatella carolinensis, Crassatella caudata, Crassatella chargensis, Crassatella chiesai, Crassatella clarkensis, Crassatella claytonensis, Crassatella collina, Crassatella compacta, Crassatella compressa, Crassatella conradiana, Crassatella corioensis, Crassatella corrugata, Crassatella cowlitzensis, Crassatella cygnea, Crassatella dalli, Crassatella dennanti, Crassatella dennati, Crassatella densus, Crassatella desioi, Crassatella desmaresti, Crassatella desvauxi, Crassatella elongata, Crassatella eutawcolens, Crassatella flexura, Crassatella fusca, Crassatella gamma, Crassatella haughtoni, Crassatella hauniensis, Crassatella hodgei, Crassatella kalitensis, Crassatella kroisbachensis, Crassatella lillisi, Crassatella lincolnensis, Crassatella lomana, Crassatella longior, Crassatella macrodonta, Crassatella manzourensis, Crassatella marrotiana, Crassatella meganosensis, Crassatella mercedensis, Crassatella merriami, Crassatella mulates, Crassatella neorhynchus, Crassatella numidica, Crassatella oenana, Crassatella patagonica, Crassatella pedroi, Crassatella perrini, Crassatella plumbea, Crassatella portelli, Crassatella radiata, Crassatella rafaeli, Crassatella rhomboidea, Crassatella rothii, Crassatella saulae, Crassatella scutellaria, Crassatella stewartvillensis, Crassatella stillwaterensis, Crassatella studleyi, Crassatella sulcata, Crassatella symmetrica, Crassatella texalta, Crassatella trapaquara, Crassatella tumidula, Crassatella unioides, Crassatella uvasana, Crassatella vadosa, Crassatella washingtoniana, Crassatella weaveri, Crassatella willcoxi, Crassatellites neusensis, Crassatellites exiguus, Crassatellites yabei, Crassatellites inconspicuus, Crassatellites asakuraensis, Crassatellites (Crassatellites), Crassatellites maroimensis, Crassatellites paramesus, Crassatellites texana, Crassatellites brainerdi, Crassatellites berryi, Crassatellites negreetensis, Crassatellites matsuraensis, Crassatellites iheringi, Crassatellites camurus
Subtaxa: Crassatella (Crassatella) lirasculpta Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (25: Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Romania (5), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence