Cardiolucina praetermissa Ludbrook 1983 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Linga (Bellucina) praetermissa

Full reference: N.H. Ludbrook. 1983. Molluscan faunas of the Early Pleistocene Point Allen Formation and Burnham limestone, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(1):37-49

Belongs to Cardiolucina according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Ludbrook 1983

Sister taxa: Cardiolucina agassizi, Cardiolucina antjamensis, Cardiolucina pollii, Cardiolucina postalveatus, Cardiolucina tebatnapalensis, Bellucina actinus, Bellucina waccamawensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Point Allen Fm - Kangaroo Island, which is in a Pleistocene coastal limestone in the Point Allen Formation of Australia

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Point Allen Fm - Kangaroo Island

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