Glans gracilicostata Tenison Woods 1877 (clam)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Cardita gracilicostata

Belongs to Glans according to T. A. Darragh 1970

Sister taxa: Cardita (Glans) quilonensis, Cardita (Glans) scabricostata, Glans (Centrocardita), Glans (Glans), Glans carpenteri, Glans polynema, Glans rovereti, Glans scabrosa, Glans tasmanica, Glans weaveri

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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