Bathytormus protexta Conrad 1832 (clam)

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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