Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Belongs to Bathytormus according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Bathytormus alaeformis, Bathytormus clarkensis, Bathytormus juanadiazus, Bathytormus protexta, Bathytormus protextus, Bathytormus pteropsis, Bathytormus sinus, Crassatella (Bathytormus) schmidlini

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (47: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas collections)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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