Soletellina Alba
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''Soletellina alba'', commonly known as the white sunset shell, is a
bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
of the family
Psammobiidae The Psammobiidae, or sunset clams, are a family of medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the order Cardiida. These genera are accepted by the database World Register of Marine Species: *'' Asaphis'' Modeer, 1793 *''Gari'' Sc ...
native to much of coastal Australia.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14364584 Psammobiidae Bivalves of Australia Bivalves described in 1818