Ledella praelonga Tate 1886 (pointed nut clam)

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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