Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Alternative combinations: Crassatella protexta, Crassatellites protexta, Crassatellites protextus
Belongs to Bathytormus according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also CoBabe and Allmon 1994, Cooke 1936, Harris 1919 and Wingard 1993
Sister taxa: Bathytormus alaeformis, Bathytormus clarkensis, Bathytormus flexurus, Bathytormus juanadiazus, Bathytormus protextus, Bathytormus pteropsis, Bathytormus sinus, Crassatella (Bathytormus) schmidlini
Type specimen: ANSP 30520, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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