†Crassatella (Crassatella) lirasculpta Dockery 1982 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Full reference: D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261
Belongs to Crassatella (Crassatella) according to D. T. Dockery 1982
Sister taxon: Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis
Type specimen: USNM 340457, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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