Codakia planatella Tate 1885 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina planatella

Belongs to Codakia according to T. A. Darragh 1970

Sister taxa: Codakia (Codakia), Codakia colpoica, Codakia distinguenda, Codakia exasperata, Codakia interrupta, Codakia paytenorum, Codakia punctata, Codakia tigerina, Pexocodakia rugifera

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Table Cape, Tasmania (inc. Freestone Cove Sst and Fossil Bluff Sst) (Miocene of Australia)

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