Scaeoleda crebricostata Tenison Woods 1877 (pointed nut clam)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculanidae

Alternative combination: Leda crebricostata

Belongs to Scaeoleda according to T. A. Darragh 1970

Sister taxa: Nuculana (Scaeoleda) verconis, Scaeoleda acinaciformis, Scaeoleda woodsii

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder

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

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