Lithophaga atavus Waagen 1881 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Lithodomus atavus

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Belongs to Lithophaga according to N. D. Newell 1942

See also Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus permianus, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus beetzi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, topmost Productus Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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