Salaputium abbreviata Tate 1886 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combination: Crassatella abbreviata

Full reference: R. Tate. 1886. The lamellibranchs of the Older Tertiary of Australia (part 1). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 8:96-158

Belongs to Salaputium according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1886

Sister taxa: Salaputium fulvidus, Salaputium lamellata, Salaputium woodi

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Salaputium abbreviata in the database

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