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Molluscs of Tasmania

Crassatellidae: Salaputium fulvidum (Angas, 1871) (‘tawny thickshell-clam’)

Synonym(s): fulvidum Angas, 1871.
Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS).

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Crassatelloidea
Family: Crassatellidae
Genus: Salaputium

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