†Dacryomya tarua Skwarko 1973 (pointed nut clam)
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Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1973. Middle and Upper Triassic Mollusca from Yuat River, eastern New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 126:27-50
Belongs to Dacryomya according to S. K. Skwarko 1973
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPC 7749, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is Ab45, Yuat River, which is in a Carnian marine shale in the Yuat Formation of Papua New Guinea.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Papua New Guinea (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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