Crassatella (Bathytormus) schmidlini Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta. 1983. I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico). Geologica Romana 22:85-145

Belongs to Crassatella (Bathytormus) according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 1983

Sister taxa: Bathytormus alaeformis, Bathytormus clarkensis, Bathytormus flexurus, Bathytormus juanadiazus, Bathytormus protexta, Bathytormus protextus, Bathytormus pteropsis, Bathytormus sinus

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jablonski & Raup Locality 199 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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