Ledella praelonga Tate 1886 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative combination: Leda praelonga
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 Ledella according to T. A. Darragh 1970
See also Tate 1886
Sister taxa: Ledella (Amphilata), Ledella (Ledella), Ledella herdmani, Ledella leptorhyncha, Ledella sublevis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Table Cape, Tasmania (inc. Freestone Cove Sst and Fossil Bluff Sst) (Miocene of Australia)
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