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Molluscs of Tasmania

Crassatellidae: Salaputium micrum (Verco, 1895) (‘tiny thickshell-clam’)

Synonym(s): micrum Verco, 1895.
Typical shell-length not yet determined. Lives subtidally and offshore in sand. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).

Classification

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

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no coastal locality records for this species currently available