Salaputium lamellata Tate 1886 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Alternative combination: Gouldia lamellata

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 abbreviata, Salaputium fulvidus, Salaputium woodi

Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Adelaide Bore, Kent Town - Tortachilla Limestone (Eocene of Australia)

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