Zeehania Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 (clam)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia

Alternative spelling: Zeechania

Full reference: J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson. 1977. Australian Ordovician pelecypod molluscs. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin 174:1-64

Parent taxon: Palaeotaxodonta according to C. Babin 1993

See also Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Antactinodiontidae, Nuculaniformii, Nuculiformii, Sareptoidea, Solemyoida

Subtaxa: Zeehania jacksoni

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Type: Zeehania jacksoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 75. Shale at Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan (Ordovician of Australia)

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