Salaputium Iredale 1924 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Parent taxon: Crassatellinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wozny 1977
Sister taxa: Crassatella, Crassatina, Cypricardella, Kalolophus, Marvacrassatella, Talabrica, Tilicrassatella, Uddenia
Subtaxa: Salaputium abbreviata Salaputium fulvidus Salaputium lamellata
Ecology: facultatively mobile shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of Australia (5)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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