Condylocardiidae – Carditellinae: Carditella jaffaensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) (‘Jaffa false-cockle’)
Synonym(s): jaffaensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1938.
Typical shell-length 7.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand and mud. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).
Classification
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Carditoidea
Family: Condylocardiidae
Subfamily: Carditellinae
Genus: Carditella
Localities for Carditella jaffaensis
Clarke Island: Black Point
Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
King Island: Colliers Beach
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Ettrick Beach
King Island: Fitzmaurice Bay
King Island: Little Porky Beach
King Island: Seal Point
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
Port Davey: Whalers Cove