Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596
Belongs to Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Eumorphotis amplicostata, Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis ericius, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis nationalis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis spicata, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Neomorphotis compta, Neomorphotis comta, Neomorphotis gigantea
Type specimen: GSI 17204, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Lower cliffs NE of Kumaranwali dhok, path to Uchhali, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lower cliffs NE of Kumaranwali dhok, path to Uchhali, Salt Range
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