Salaputium Iredale 1924 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae

Parent taxon: Crassatellinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wozny 1977

Sister taxa: Bathytormus, Crassatella, Crassatina, Marvacrassatella, Talabrica, Tilicrassatella, Uddenia

Subtaxa: Salaputium abbreviata Salaputium fulvidus Salaputium lamellata Salaputium woodi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Saudi Arabia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

• Eocene of Australia (5), Poland (2)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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