Zeehania jacksoni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977 (clam)

Bivalvia - Protobranchia

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

Belongs to Zeehania according to J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC 15495, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 75. Shale at Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan, which is in an Eastonian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 75. Shale at Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan

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