†Pullastra striatocostata M'Coy 1847 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1847. XXVIII. On the fossil botany and zoology of the rocks associated with the coal of Australia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20(134):298-312
Belongs to Pullastra according to F. M'Coy 1847
Sister taxa: Pullastra (Paphirus), Pullastra elliptica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in an Asbian marine siliciclastic in the Flagstaff Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dunvegan (W.B. Clarke coll)
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