Placamen gravescens Menke 1843 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Placamen according to B. Wilson 2002

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Placamen calophyllum, Placamen tiara, Placemen placidum

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dampier Limestone, Broadhurst Bight (Quaternary of Australia)

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