Crassatella compacta Gabb 1869 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Crassatella according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Gabb 1869, Moore 2003, Moore 2003 and Stewart 1930

Sister taxa: Crassatella (Crassatella), 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 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 berryi, Crassatellites iheringi, Crassatellites inconspicuus, Crassatellites yabei, Crassatellites matsuraensis, Crassatellites brainerdi, Crassatellites texana, Crassatellites camurus, Crassatellites asakuraensis, Crassatellites maroimensis, Crassatellites (Crassatellites), Crassatellites exiguus, Crassatellites negreetensis, Crassatellites paramesus

Type specimen: ANSP 4415, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lodo Fm (general list) (Paleocene of California)

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